Onna San no Miya (the Third Princess), Edo period (1615?1868), 1768?70, Japan, Polychrome woodblock print; ink and color on paper, 10 5/16 x 7 9/1 6in. (26. 2 x 19. 2 cm), Prints, Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese, 1725?1770), For Harunobu's sophisticated patrons, this deceptively calm scene of a palace beauty on a spring day invoked one of classic literature's most stirring tragedies. The young woman in aristocratic garb with her lively cat appears frequently in ukiyo-e and recalls a pivotal incident in the early-eleventh-century romance of Genji, the 'shining prince' who personified the Heian court's ideal of aesthetic sensitivity and discernment in the conduct of personal and public life