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鈴木春信画　虚無僧・「風俗四季歌仙　卯月」|A Flute-Playing Monk (Komusō); The Fourth Month (Uzuki), from the series Fashionable Poetic Immortals of the Four Seasons (Fūzoku shiki kasen)

Suzuki Harunobu

1768

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From the collection of Metropolitan Museum of Art

Romanticism Ukiyo-e 18th Century Lantern

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鈴木春信画　虚無僧・「風俗四季歌仙　卯月」|A Flute-Playing Monk (Komusō); The Fourth Month (Uzuki), from the series Fashionable Poetic Immortals of the Four Seasons (Fūzoku shiki kasen) is a 1768 ink by Suzuki Harunobu, a Romanticism work, depicting Lantern, held at Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Who painted this?: Suzuki Harunobu
When & what style?: 1768 · Romanticism
Where can I see it?: Metropolitan Museum of Art

About this work

A monk in a woven basket hat plays a bamboo flute under cherry blossoms. A woman in a pink kimono leans against a fence, listening. Petals drift in the breeze. The basket hat hides the monk’s face—it’s called a *tengai*, worn by monks who begged in silence. Harunobu made these prints cheaply, so everyday people could hang them at home. The soft colors and quiet moment feel like a pause in a busy day. Look up more prints in the subject: women, men, japan.