Woodblock print of a kneeling woman reading a book beside a standing woman adjusting a paper lantern, with maple branches and a stream seen through a window.

The Evening Glow of a Lamp (Andon no sekisho)

Two women in a lamplit parlor: a kneeling woman in a dark patterned kimono reads an open book while another, standing at right, tends a tall paper lantern beside sliding screens. Through the window, maple branches and a rocky stream are visible, rendered in soft colors in a traditional Japanese woodblock style.

Artist: Suzuki Harunobu
Date: c. 1766
Medium: Color woodblock print; chuban
Source: Art Institute of Chicago
Size: 1686 × 2226 px

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Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1771).
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Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, Clarence Buckingham Collection

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The Evening Glow of a Lamp (Andon no sekisho)

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