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Gathering the Seven Herbs of Spring
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Gathering the Seven Herbs of Spring

Shûraku · 1800 · color woodcut; blind-stamped; paper

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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A woman with her maid walking along a stream to pick herbs. Next to them a boy with a bundle on his back. The seven herbs are used for the New Year's gruel which is customarily eaten on the seventh day of the new year. With two poems.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Credit lineGathering the Seven Herbs of Spring. 1800. Shûraku. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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