02738ckm a22004213i 4500 22134120 20250607110309.4 cr ||||||||||| 210708s1765 ja nnn |o injpn 22134120 0 ibc orignew u ncip 20 y-gencatlg LCAP batch update 2025-06-02-04:00: LCAPM-999 2021668777 (WDL)07363 DLC eng DLC jpn $1 769 Mitate-e : Crossing at Sano. 246-00/$1 見立佐野の渡り Edo : [publisher not identified], 1765. 1 online resource. still image sti rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Title devised, in English, by Library staff. Original resource extent: 1 paper : woodblock prints, color ; 28 x 20.7 centimeters. Suzuki Harunobu (circa 1725--70) was a master of ukiyo-e in Edo (present-day Tokyo) and the key figure in developing nishiki-e (Japanese multicolored woodblock prints), such as this one. It shows a young woman at dusk in heavy snow, trudging across a bridge. Her feet are bare except for black lacquered clogs, and she is holding one long sleeve of her kimono over her head to protect her from the driving snow. The picture is based on the waka (short poem) "Sano no watari" (Crossing at Sano) by Fujiwara Teika (1162--1241) in Shin kokin wakashu (an imperial poetry anthology). The original waka features Teika himself, but in this mitate-e (a picture substituting a contemporary figure for a person in the past), a young woman takes his place. This picture is an e-goyomi (picture calendar), of a type called daishō-reki. The daishō-reki showed the long months (of 30 days) and the short months (of 29 days), which changed each year. This one is a calendar of 1765. The numbers are printed very small, at the bottom right corner of the picture on the side of the snow-covered bridge. Little is known about Harunobu's life. His work is celebrated both inside and outside Japan for its colors, poetic atmosphere, elegance, and refinement. Original resource at: National Diet Library. Content in Japanese. Description based on data extracted from World Digital Library, which may be extracted from partner institutions. 1765 Art calendars Bridges Snow Ukiyo-e Women Woodcuts Suzuki, Harunobu, 1725?-1770 Artist. Japan gdcwdl wdl_07363 https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.wdl/wdl.7363 wdl/wdlpartner/wdldiet s-Online Electronic Resource