Parody of Chinese Theme

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Parody of Chinese Theme
Print   (Part of the set: Taisho era subscription prints)

Suzuki Harunobu

1910s

00024-005
https://mokuhankan.com/collection/index.php?id_for_display=00024-005

Print is Public Domain; Photography is:   Creative Commons License

Description

[Pair with previous print]

Harunobu is here showing us a parody of an old Chinese tale involving historical figures. Wikipedia has the story, which involves a bridge and a tossed shoe (here represented by the fan she is holding). Educated Japanese of the period when this print was issued (mid 1700s) would have recognized the allusion with no problem.

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