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24th March 2025
The blossom is in the background in this woodblock, Cherry Blossoms at Arashiyama from the series 'Famous Places of Kyōto' (c1834, The Met) by Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858). And in the foreground is a delightful little figure smoking a pipe and enjoying the scene, looking very much like a transposed Jacques Tati as Monsieur Hulot.
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