The Seventh Month (Fumizuki)

Suzuki Harunobu

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

One of a series of calendar prints, this image of a girl standing on a veranda represents the seventh day of the seventh month, when the Tanabata Festival is celebrated by hanging poem slips on branches of bamboo, which can be seen in the mist above her head.

Asian Art

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

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.

Metropolitan Museum of Art