Catalog record · 目録番号 39461
Stretching Out Cloth
Catalog note / 解説
This tryptich by Utagawa Kuniyoshi shows four women making stencil-dyed cloth. Two are washing fabric, while the other two are using pointed bamboo splints to tension fabric as it is stretched out from a tree to dry. On the right a child plays a game of pick-up-sticks with the bamboo. It was common for Japanese print artists to show beautiful women engaged in various trades, but in fact dyeing was always a male profession. Materials: Woodblock print on paper
Image record / 画像情報
VAM · 1840-1845 · vam
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