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Hazy weather in spring: Sawamura Tosshō II as Kōbaimaru
Tsukioka Yoshitoshi · 335.12

PRINT NUMBER #12

花曇 紅梅丸 澤村 訥舛

Hazy weather in spring: Sawamura Tosshō II as Kōbaimaru

12/1876

Another instance of wordplay - the normal meaning of hanagumori is "spring hazy weather", but the first kan-ji can mean 'flower', hence Keyes' translation of the title as 'clouds of cherry blossoms'.
Print number
#12
Artist
Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
Series
Barometer of Emotions

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