The Marriage Ceremony

Suzuki Harunobu

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

From a narrative series of seven sheets describing the traditional Japanese marriage, this print shows the ironaoshi ceremony in which the bride is helped by attendants to change from her white silk wedding robes into ordinary clothes, which we see hanging on a rack.

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