Waves on Moonlight, Edo period (1615?1868), ca. 1768, Japan, Polychrome woodblock print; ink and color on paper, H. 11 in. (27. 9 cm) ; W. 8 in. (20. 3 cm), Prints, Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese, 1725?1770), An 'oiran' stands in a house by the sea, trning to look thrugh the open 'shoji' at the rippling waves while the seated woman fans the fire in a hibachi to make a teakettle boil. Above is an ode by Minamoto Shitagō from Jūishū #171: Mizu no omo ni teru tsukinami o kazofureba koyoi zo aki no monaka narikeru