It is good to wear new clothes Kisohajimeyoshi (title on object) A series for the Hanazono poets' association (series title) Hanazono bantsuzuki (series title on object), A Japanese woman is putting on a kimono with a pattern of plum blossom and medallions. Behind her a folded belt (obi) and a kimono. With two poems. The prints from this series are in line with the belief that the first activities of the new year were extra special. The red cartouche on the prints refers to almanacs in which it was indicated which activities could or could not be undertaken on certain days by people born in a
It is good to wear new clothes Kisohajimeyoshi (title on object) A series for the Hanazono poets' association (series title) Hanazono bantsuzuki (series title on object), A Japanese woman is putting on a kimono with a pattern of plum blossom and medallions. Behind her a folded belt (obi) and a kimono. With two poems. The prints from this series are in line with the belief that the first activities of the new year were extra special. The red cartouche on the prints refers to almanacs in which it was indicated which activities could or could not be undertaken on certain days by people born in a certain year., Totoya Hokkei (mentioned on object), Japan, c. 1822, paper, colour woodcut, h 203 mm × w 176 mm
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