Print & drawing
April, from series of "Social Customs..."
Suzuki Harunobu
ca. 1770
From the archive
Two young girls are seen underneath a blooming cherry blossom tree. One girl’s head is raised to the sky, her eyes closed but embracing the sun’s warmth. The other girl is diligently sweeping up the fallen petals. There is a poem written in hiragana on top of the print.
- Place of origin
- Japan
- Material & technique
- Woodblock print in colored ink on paper
The record behind the work
Place & date
CHNDM catalog field “made in”: “Japan”. Only a country-level origin is supplied.
The archive gives an approximate date or a range of years. The timeline uses that same range.
Source & reuse
Smithsonian ↗
Source ID: chndm_1941-31-165
CC0 — image and metadata released through Smithsonian Open Access, from the United States.
