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Color woodblock print of a seated woman having her hair dressed by an attendant in a pink kimono, beside a lacquered mirror stand, with a lattice window and grass.

The Autumn Moon in the Mirror (Kyodai no shugetsu), Eight Views of the Parlor

A woman kneeling at left has her hair dressed by an attendant behind her in a patterned pink kimono, beside a dark lacquered mirror stand holding a round mirror. Lattice shoji windows and a tall grass plant frame the parlor, with a decorated screen at right, in a color woodblock print.

Artist
Suzuki Harunobu
Date
c. 1766
Medium
Color woodblock print; chuban
Source
Art Institute of Chicago
Size
1686 × 2221 px
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Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1771).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Art Institute of Chicago, is_public_domain=true)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, Clarence Buckingham Collection

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