Suzuki Kason Original Woodblock Print "Autumn Shower" Russo Japanese War 1904 LS#205 Lamp 5 "in diameter

5 "in diameter

reflecting their role as defenders

A vivid and historically important nishiki-e triptych by Toyohara Chikanobu (楊洲齋周延)

with rubbing and loss of gilt on high points

His countenance combines serenity and authority

Suzuki Kason Original Woodblock Print "Autumn Shower" Russo Japanese War 1904 LS#205 Lamp 5 "in diameterSuzuki Kason () "Autumn Shower" 1904 A poignant and beautifully composed kuchi e () frontispiece woodblock print by Suzuki Kason, published in the literary magazine Bungei Kurabu (, "Literary Club") by Hakubunkan, Tokyo, in 1904. The composition juxtaposes two emotionally charged scenes: at right, a bijin in a pale floral kimono with rose kanzashi sits absorbed in reading a letter, her expression quietly anxious; at upper left, an inset vignette