Woman Digging Bamboo Shoots in the Snow, or Parody of Meng Zong (Mōsō), from Twenty-Four Paragons of Filial Piety
The woman wears a large brown hat with a black pin on top and a traditional Japanese robe with orange and brown stripes and gold designs. She holds a shovel in both hands, and the shovel head is in the snow. A small red object protrudes from the snow next to the shovel. Three yellow bamboo stalks are on the left, and yellow and white vegetation resembling bamboo leaves extends from the upper left. The woman stands in snow, and the background shows a gray sky with dark blue wavy lines.
Artwork details
- Date:
- ca. 1765
- Medium:
- Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
- Culture:
- Japan
- Dimensions:
- 472 × 625 px
- Museum record:
- View original
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