Isoda Koryusai(1764-1788): ''Couple walking through the snow'', c. 1768, published and printed by Shimbi Shoin in the ''Great Anthology of the Ukiyo-e School''(ukiyo-e ha gashu) 1903-1906, Japanese woodblock print on paper, absorbed in the winter silence a pair of lovers in kimono walks on high sandals(jap. getakobo) through the high snow, which has also covered bamboo shrubs and umbrella with its white, snow coloured by hand, framed en passe-partout behind glass, signed hokyo koryusai ga, 30x19,5cm in vertical format(so called aiban tate-e), 49x39cm(frame)