Two Oharame on the Bank of a Stream

Minneapolis Institute of Art

Two Oharame on the Bank of a Stream

Fujimaro 藤麿

Date
1810s
Medium
Hanging scroll (nikuhitsu), ink, color, and gofun on silk
Department
Asian Art
Institution
Minneapolis Institute of Art

Oharame were girls who brought in bundles of twigs to make charcoal. They were from Ohara, a village near Kyoto. The poem above reads: The white complexions of the oharame are more noticeable than the black brushwood they are balancing on their heads. Japan, Asia

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