Visit to a Shrine at the Hour of the Ox (Ushi no toki mairi)
A woman stands on the left side of the image. She wears a long, yellow kimono and has long black hair. Her right hand is raised to her face. She wears geta on her feet. To her right is a tree. The trunk is thick and brown. The tree occupies the right half of the image. A large yellow and black cylindrical object is in front of the tree. The background depicts a body of water with ripples on its surface. The sky above is gray. There are Japanese characters in the bottom-left corner and a red seal in the top-left corner.
Artwork details
- Date:
- 1765
- Medium:
- Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
- Culture:
- Japan
- Dimensions:
- 461 × 624 px
- Museum record:
- View original
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