Washing lengths of dyed silk in the river
- Medium:
- Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)
- Image courtesy of
- Saru Gallery
Description
Two figures in wide-brimmed straw hats bend over long ribbons of dyed silk that snake across a black river, rendered in swirling bands of pink, yellow, blue, and pale green against white ripple patterns. A wooden rack piled with folded blue and purple fabric stands at upper right, while the water's dark surface is broken only by thin white line strokes suggesting current and foam. This is "Washing lengths of dyed silk in the river," a mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock print) by Fumio Kitaoka.
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Washing lengths of dyed silk in the river was created by Fumio Kitaoka (北岡文雄).
Washing lengths of dyed silk in the river depicts rivers & lakes.