Two lovers huddle beneath a shared cloak among tall reeds

A man and a woman stand pressed together beneath a shared rose-pink cloak lined in red and gold brocade, her unbound hair loose beside her. He wears a purple robe with roundels enclosing a gold sprig motif; her robe, glimpsed behind, carries a grey scrollwork pattern. Tall reeds surround them at the water's edge, with several figures wading through the reeds beyond, carrying poles tipped with red pennants. A miniature landscape of blue-green mountains under a pink sky sits in the fan-shaped inset above. One sheet from the Kisokaidō stations.

Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1798–1861) brought heroes, monsters and spectacle into the ukiyo-e print. A pupil of Toyokuni, he made his name in 1827 with the series of the One Hundred and Eight Heroes of the Suikoden, tattooed warriors caught mid-action, and went on to giant skeletons, cats, whales and satirical puzzles that slipped past the censors. His restless invention influenced Yoshitoshi and, much later, tattoo and manga art. His prints are held by the British Museum, the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston and the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

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