Woman on Veranda, Spinning; another Pounding Cloth on Rock in Foreground

The image depicts a Japanese-style woodblock print. The scene shows two women outdoors. One woman sits on a veranda under a sloping roof with a spinning wheel beside her. She wears a long pink garment. The woman faces left and looks down at the spinning wheel. The second woman kneels on the ground in front of the veranda, pounding on a rock with a large mallet. The woman on the veranda and the kneeling woman both have dark hair. The veranda is on a raised platform. In the background are fields, trees and hills. The sky above the hills is pink. There are Japanese characters written in black ink at the top and right of the image.

Artwork Details

Medium: Left-hand sheet of a diptych of woodblock prints (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Culture: Japan
Dimensions: 466 × 624 px
Public Domain: Yes
Museum Record: View original

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