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Cloth Fulling Jewel River in Settsu, from the series Six Jewel Rivers of the Various Provinces

Utagawa Hiroshige

Cleveland Museum of Art

A woodblock print depicts two people sitting on a riverbank at night. The person on the left wears a blue robe with a red sash and a red headscarf; they have their legs tucked under them. The person on the right wears a dark robe and a headscarf; they hold an oar above their shoulder and sit on a stack of fabric. A pile of fabric lies on the ground beside them. The riverbank slopes upward to a body of water with islands and sparse trees. The background shows mountains and a full moon. A red vertical rectangle with black Japanese characters is on the right edge. The border of the image is beige with a green section at the bottom and Japanese characters on the left and right.

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620 × 900 px
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