すだれ貝, The Curtain Clam, Edo period (1615?1868), Japan, Polychrome woodblock print; ink and color on paper, H. 11 1/4 in. (28. 6 cm) ; W. 8 9/16 in. (21. 7 cm), Prints, Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese, 1725?1770), The young ladies are at the shore. One is getting out of a chair while the other ties a sash about her hips below her 'obi. ' A subtle tone of carpe diem cleverly embedded in the poem deepens the provacative tinge of this charming scene, one of a series that plays on the theme of types of seashells