Stretching Silk Floss
Artist
Kitao Shigemasa
(born Edo, Japan, 1739; died Edo, Japan, 1820)
Date1772
MediumWoodblock print
DimensionsOverall: 10 1/4 x 7 1/2 in. (26 x 19.1 cm)
Mat Overall: 20 x 16 in. (50.8 x 40.6 cm)
Mat Overall: 20 x 16 in. (50.8 x 40.6 cm)
ClassificationsPrint
Credit LineGift of Mrs. James W. Lyon
Terms
- figurative
- Interior
- Woodblock print
Object number1971.107.2
DescriptionWomen in a yard stretching silk floss. At bottom left a woman is heating balls of floss over a stove. Two women at right are stretching floss over a pole. The last woman is hanging the stretched floss over a line.On View
Not on view
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