View of the Hiro Field at Okegawa
Artist
Keisai Eisen 渓斉 英泉
(Japanese, 1790–1848)
Dateabout 1835
Mediumwoodblock print
Dimensions21.6 x 33.7 cm (8 1/2 x 13 1/4 in.)
ClassificationsPrints
Credit LineJohn Chandler Bancroft Collection
Object number1901.59.1800
DescriptionIn the foreground at the left a man bends over to get a light for his opoe at the fireplace in his dwelling. On a mat spread on the ground before the house a woman isseated stripping rice from the stalks, and is turning her head to answer a wayfarer who has stopped to speak to her.On View
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