Night Rain at the Double-Shelf Stand, from the series Eight Parlor Vie

Two women and a shaved-headed boy occupy a tatami parlor, the seated woman in yellow bowing her head while the standing woman in a patterned kimono looks on. A red double-shelf stand, a lidded iron kettle and a lattice window frame the scene, rendered in fine woodblock lines and soft colors.

Look closer: A small cup sits on the floor near the lower left edge, beside the kneeling figure's sleeve.

Artist

Suzuki Harunobu

Date

ca. 1766

Medium

Woodblock print (first edition); ink and colors on paper, medium-sized print (chuban)

Source

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Size

2840 × 3939 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Francis Lathrop Collection, Purchase, Frederick C. Hewitt Fund, 1911