Shiokumi,Kiyonaga Torii,Photo of Ukiyo-e,Japan,Salt Mining,Women,c1784,Yokes

Title: Shiokumi
Title Translation: Salt maidens.
Creator(s): Torii, Kiyonaga, 1752-1815, artist
Date Created/Published: [1784 or 1785]
Summary: Print shows two women carrying buckets of salt suspended from shoulder poles.
Notes:
Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006.
From the series: Fuzoku azuma no nishiki : Brocade genre pictures from the East.
Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of Congress).
Subjects:
Women--Employment--Japan--1780-1790.
Women--Domestic life--Japan--1780-1790.
Women--Clothing & dress--Japan--1780-1790.
Salt mining--Japan--1780-1790.
Yokes--1780-1790.
Format:
Ukiyo-e--Japanese--1780-1790.
Woodcuts--Japanese--Color--1780-1790.
Bookmark /2009615535/
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