Dance of the Brine Maidens (Shiokumi | 汐汲) at Tago Bay from the Noh & Kabuki drama Matsukaze, ca 1783

Title: Dance of the Brine Maidens (Shiokumi | 汐汲み) at Tago Bay from the Noh & Kabuki drama Matsukaze

Artist: Torii Kiyonaga (鳥居清長)

Year: ca. 1783

Dimensions: 63 x 11.2 cm  

Medium/Technique: Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

Related Play: A Woman Drawing Sea-water For Salt Making (Shio-kumi, Matsukaze | 汐汲, 松風)

*The Metropolitan Museum of Art holds the same edition (better condition)

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