By the Stream
c. 1765
Attributed to Suzuki Harunobu 鈴木 春信 Japanese, 1725 (?)–1770
Japan
Two women in light, semi-transparent, summer kimono are relaxing by a stream. One has slipped her foot out of her wooden clogs and rests on a bench with her fan close at hand. The other ties her sash (obi), and has placed a brazier, pipe, and tobacco pouch on the bench.
Color woodblock print; right sheet of chuban diptych (left sheet: 1925.2031)