Courtesan Resting on the Veranda

Furuyama Moromasa Japanese

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A young beauty sits in relaxed contemplation of a cherry tree in full blossom, an up-to-date vision of the classic poet musing on life's quickly passing beauty. On the folding screen inside the room, a somber ink painting of geese flying over wind-tossed grasses hints at the autumnal phase to come.

Courtesan Resting on the Veranda, Furuyama Moromasa (Japanese, 1712–1772), Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk, Japan

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