Spring — 春

The single character 春 (spring) and its Japanese romanization provide both the title and the season for this undated bijin-ga or landscape print—Shinsui's characteristic economy of titling leaving the image itself to carry the seasonal mood. His "Spring" prints typically show women in the soft light and tentative warmth of the season's early weeks, or landscapes just beginning to show the first green growth after winter. The bokashi gradations render spring's characteristic hazy, diffused light.