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Working Women
Ando Hiroshige (Japanese, 1797–1858)
1797-1858
- Medium
- Woodblock print in colored ink on paper
- Classification
- Prints
- Culture
- Japan
- Museum
- Smithsonian Institution, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
- Credit line
- Gift of the Estate of Mrs. Robert H. Patterson
- Rights
- CC0 (Smithsonian Open Access), as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed
View at the Smithsonian Institution
About this work
Two women are working beneath the foot of Mt. Fuji. The woman in blue is smiling back, and the other woman is looking directly at her. A small boat separates the women. In the distance, one can see other workers as well as gathering either water, seaweed, or harvesting other sea life. The bright horizon and group of birds hovering around the mountains signify the majestic prominences of the revered peak.
