Woman and Son under an Umbrella

Woman and Son under an Umbrella

Isoda Koryūsai

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Koryūsai's light-hearted pair are accompanied by the lines of a poem above the umbrella that read both visually and verbally as the colors and capricious sunshine of spring weather: Mada aoki higasa ya ruri wo nagashikeri In days still young and green the new parasol floods with azure.

Asian Art

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

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The Met's collection of Asian art—more than 35,000 objects, ranging in date from the third millennium B.C. to the twenty-first century—is one of the largest and most comprehensive in the world. Each of the many civilizations of Asia is represented by outstanding works, providing an unrivaled experience of the artistic traditions of nearly half the world.