The Immortal Kume
Suzuki Harunobu Japanese
This narrow vertical print depicts Kume, a flying immortal who is said to have once come across a beautiful woman and tumbled from the sky. Here, having just encountered her, Kume appears in the guise of a Chinese court official, probably Zhong Kui (Japanese: Shōki), the legendary queller of demons. He lowers a tiny demon holding an even smaller love letter down to the woman bathing in a stream below.
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