Catalog record · 目録番号 55608

Joshoku kaiko tewaza-gusa, shi, go, roku

女織蚕手業草

Artist / 作者: Kitagawa Utamaro喜多川歌麿
Date / 年代: 1798-1800
Medium / 技法: 浮世絵 / Ukiyo-e / Edo / ritsumei
Digital image / 画像: 1641 × 2400 px
Published by / 公開者: 星野アカリ

Catalog note / 解説

Colour woodblock-printed triptych. Three sheets from twelve-sheet composition. Three stages of silk production by female workers: Re-activating worms after sleep, feeding larvae with mulberry leaves, putting cocoons on trays. Inscribed, signed and marked.

Image record / 画像情報

RITSUMEI · 1798-1800 (ca.) · ritsumei

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