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Hazy moon in spring by Torii Kotondo — Japanese Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Hazy moon in spring

by Torii Kotondo

Medium:
Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)
Image courtesy of
Saru Gallery

Description

A woman is shown in profile from the shoulders up, her face turned to the right against a mottled grey background flecked with pale falling petals. Her hair is dressed in a large dark upswept style bound with a red floral band, ornamented with a pink flower and a multicolored chrysanthemum hairpin, and she wears a purple kimono patterned with pale floral motifs over a red-and-white patterned underlayer visible at the collar and shoulder, with a light blue collar edge. Her expression is composed and downcast, with red-tinted lips and lightly shaded eyes; "Hazy moon in spring" by Torii Kotondo, mokuhanga woodblock print, year unknown.

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Hazy moon in spring was created by Torii Kotondo (鳥居言人).

Hazy moon in spring depicts spring and moonlight.