Kaki mogi. Picking persimmons. A young man holding a young woman on his shoulders as she reaches to pick persimmons from a branch above them. Ukiyo-e (picture of the floating world) is a genre of Japanese art which flourished from the 17th through 19th centuries. Ukiyo-e was central to forming the West's perception of Japanese art in the late 19th century.

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Couple Picking Persimmons, 18th Century

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