Artist: Kitagawa Utamaro
Title: Joshoku kaiko tewaza-gusa, shi, go, roku 女織蚕手業草 四~六 (Women Engaged in the Sericulture Industry, Nos. 4-6)
Date: 1798-1800 (ca.)
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Source:
British Museum
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Description:
Colour woodblock-printed triptych. Three sheets from twelve-sheet composition. Three stages of silk production by female workers: Re-activating worms after sleep, feeding larvae with mulberry leaves, putting cocoons on trays. Inscribed, signed and marked.
