Japanese Print "Twelve Fashionable Zodiac Signs: Snake (Furyu ju ni shi mi)" by Torii Kiyonaga
Artist:Torii Kiyonaga
Title:Twelve Fashionable Zodiac Signs: Snake (Furyu ju ni shi mi)
Date:1781-1782
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Source:Worcester Art Museum
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Description:
Two women in a house on the bank of the Sumida River. One looks down at the other who is seated and with puzzled expression is looking at a broad sheet with the representation of a black snake and below the characters reading: Nari Kin (?) Fukagawa.; Fukagawa district - far east back of Sumida gawa; location of one of major unlicensed areas - operation in ??? in the teahouse around the Tomeigaka shrine. Two well known teahouses Umemotoya (source of the plum) and Obanaya (flowering pampras grass). The boats outside suggest Susaki in Fukagawa.
