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Women from the Village of Ôhara
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
Women from the village of Ôhara (so-called Ôharame) near Kyoto, walking in a procession with buffaloes carrying bundles of branches on their backs. The women carry bundles of branches on their heads. This print is a calendar sheet (egoyomi) for the year of the ox, 1805. The oxen represent the long months and the women the short months of that year. With three poems.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineVrouwen uit het dorp Ôhara. 1805. Katsushika Hokusai. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
