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Two women in kimono sit on a veranda by a shoji screen; one looks up at a wooden clock, the other looks down. Soft pastel color woodblock print.

The Evening Bell of the Clock (Tokei no bansho), from the series "Eight Views of the Parlor (Zashiki hakkei)"

Two women sit on a wooden veranda beside a shoji screen, one in a checked kimono gazing up toward a tall wooden clock case at left. The other, in a green patterned robe, leans forward with eyes lowered, while bamboo leaves and a sprig of vine frame the top and corner. The color woodblock print shows soft pastel tones.

Artist
Suzuki Harunobu
Date
c. 1766
Medium
Color woodblock print; chuban
Source
Art Institute of Chicago
Size
1686 × 2200 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

Español: La campana del reloj, grabado xilográfico de Harunobu

Dos mujeres se sientan en una galería de madera junto a un biombo shoji, una con un kimono a cuadros que mira hacia una alta caja de reloj de madera a la izquierda. La otra, con una bata verde estampada, se inclina hacia adelante con los ojos bajos, mientras hojas de bambú y una rama de enredadera enmarcan la parte superior. La estampa en color muestra tonos pastel suaves.

Português: O sino do relógio, gravura em madeira de Harunobu

Duas mulheres sentam-se em uma varanda de madeira ao lado de um biombo shoji, uma de quimono xadrez olhando para cima, em direção a uma alta caixa de relógio de madeira à esquerda. A outra, de roupão verde estampado, inclina-se para frente com os olhos baixos, enquanto folhas de bambu e um ramo de trepadeira emolduram o alto. A gravura colorida apresenta tons pastel suaves.

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