Catalog record · 目録番号 76440

The Laundry

Catalog note / 解説

The two women on the left are washing clothes beside a well, while the woman on the right is stretching cloth on tenterhooks. Washing and stretching clothes was one of the important chores of women. Although this is one sheet from a triptych, the compositional arrangement is fine even when looked at apart from the others. (Tadashi Kobayashi, Edo Beauties in Ukiyo-e, 19994)

Image record / 画像情報

Honolulu · 1788 · honolulu

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