Item from the Mokuhankan Flea Market

Beauties Gathering Salt

Size: 40.0cm by 27.0cm (15.75 in by 10.63 in) | Enlargement | Shipping Code: [L] ?

Designer: Torii Kiyonaga

Era: Post-war | Currency: $ / £ / €

Price: ¥ 12,000$ 84.00£ 63.00€ 73.50 [Item has been sold]

Description: Depicted here are the sisters Matsukaze and Murasame, famous figures from Noh and Kabuki.

The print beautifully captures them as shiokumi (brine scoopers), carrying buckets on shoulder poles to harvest salt from seawater.

This version is a post-war reproduction by the Adachi Company.

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