Chester Beatty
Youth holding branch of cherry blossoms
Torii Kiyohiro
Colour woodblock print, 'Youth holding branch of cherry blossoms' by Torii Kiyohiro, published by Maruya Kohei in Edo (modern Tokyo), Japan, between 1751 and 1757. Hosoban format, benizuri-e print. A fashionable youth passes the torii gate of a shrine clutching a branch of cherry blossom; a short poem describes the blossoms that fall onto his robe.
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