The First Day of Spring (Risshun), from the series Fashionable Poetic Immortals of the Four Seasons (Fuzoku shiki Kasen). Artist: Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese, 1725-1770). Culture: Japan. Dimensions: 11 x 8 1/4 in. (27.9 x 21 cm). Date: ca. 1768. A young man with a sword tucked into his sash looks up at a young woman in the doorway as he gestures toward a bitter-orange (daidai) tree in the garden. The artist puns on a classical poem by Fujiwara no Shunzei (1114-1204) that refers to opening the gates of the heavens (ama no to) by showing a young woman opening rain shutters (amado). The poem reads
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The First Day of Spring (Risshun), from the series Fashionable Poetic Immortals of the Four Seasons (Fuzoku shiki Kasen). Artist: Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese, 1725-1770). Culture: Japan. Dimensions: 11 x 8 1/4 in. (27.9 x 21 cm). Date: ca. 1768. A young man with a sword tucked into his sash looks up at a young woman in the doorway as he gestures toward a bitter-orange (daidai) tree in the garden. The artist puns on a classical poem by Fujiwara no Shunzei (1114-1204) that refers to opening the gates of the heavens (ama no to) by showing a young woman opening rain shutters (amado). The poem reads: Ama no to no akuru keshiki mo , shizuka nite kumoi yori koso haru wa tachikere As the gates of heavens open, quietly a splendid scene appears as spring arrives from the palace of the clouds. --Trans. John T. Carpenter. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.