The Seventh Month (Fumizuki)

Suzuki Harunobu Japanese

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One of a series of calendar prints, this image of a girl standing on a veranda represents the seventh day of the seventh month, when the Tanabata Festival is celebrated by hanging poem slips on branches of bamboo, which can be seen in the mist above her head.

The Seventh Month (Fumizuki), Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese, 1725–1770), Woodblock print; ink and color on paper, Japan

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