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Color woodblock print of two women in kimono beside a lattice window, one kneeling to shape white silk floss spread on a pink mat.

Evening Snow on a Floss Shaper (Nurioke no bosetsu), from the series "Eight Views of the Parlor (Zashiki hakkei)"

Two women in patterned kimono work beside a latticed window in a tatami room: one sits at left, the other kneels at right, shaping white silk floss spread across a pink mat. Soft color woodblock print with delicate patterned walls and muted yellow and gray robes.

Artist
Suzuki Harunobu
Date
c. 1766
Medium
Color woodblock print; chuban
Source
Art Institute of Chicago
Size
1686 × 2156 px
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Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1771).
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Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, Clarence Buckingham Collection

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