Harunobu Suzuki

Winter scene with plovers, um 1765

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The print is a pictorial interpretation of a poem by Ki no Tomonori (845-907). The poem is printed at the top of the picture. It is about a bird that has been separated from its flock. The woman depicted here embodies the lost bird, the loss of the flock symbolises failure in love.

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