Mutsu no kuni chidori no tamagawa (The Jewel River of the Wave-birds in the Province of Mutsu)

Description

Sheet from a colour woodblock print triptych entitled Mutsu no kuni chidori no tamagawa (The Jewel River of the Wave-birds in the Province of Mutsu) depicting two young women carrying buckets of salt-water along the seashore, with other figures and a flight of wave-birds behind: Japan, by Utagawa Kuniyoshi, 1847 - 1848

Museum reference

A.1887.745.64.72

Collection

World Culture

Object name

Woodblock print

Production information

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, 1797 - 1861, Artist
Japan, East Asia
Sanoya Kihei, 1800 - 1875 (fl.), Publisher

Date

1847 - 1848

Materials

Paper

Associations

Depicted: Mutsu province, Japan, East Asia