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Suzuki Harunobu

ca. 1768 · Woodblock print; ink and color on paper · Asian Art

Tatsukuri (or Tetsukuri), in the Musashi area west of modern Tokyo known as Chōfu, is a famous place for bleaching cloth. The woman here is rinsing cloth in the shoals of the river but looks almost as if dancing with the waving cloth. Use of the technique of embossing subtly reveals the cloth's thickness. The poem by Fujiwara Teika in the square reads: Tamagawa at Chōfu by Teika The cloth that is hung over the fence for bleaching catches the morning dew at the village of Tamagawa. (trans. by Miyeko Murase)

Artist

Suzuki Harunobu

Date

ca. 1768

Medium

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Culture

Japan

Department

Asian Art

Credit line

Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1946