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Color woodblock print of two women seated on a veranda beside a shoji screen, with a clock at left and bamboo leaves outside.

The Evening Bell of the Clock (Tokei no bansho), from Eight Views of the Parlor

Two women sit on a wooden veranda beside a shoji screen, one in a checked red kimono with a patterned obi, the other in pale gray-green robes with her head bowed. A clock stands at the left edge, and bamboo leaves and a potted vine appear in the garden below. The color woodblock print has soft, flat tones and fine outlines.

Artist
Suzuki Harunobu
Date
c. 1766
Medium
Color woodblock print; chuban
Source
Art Institute of Chicago
Size
1686 × 2240 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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