Women of Ôhara (Ôharame), from the album Eight Views of Kyoto (Kyôto hakkei)
by Insho Domoto
Description
From the Eight Views of Kyoto album, this oban woodblock print depicts the women of Ohara (Oharame), the village women who descended from the mountains north of Kyoto to sell firewood and flowers in the city. The Oharame subject has deep roots in Japanese art, appearing in screens, scrolls, and prints for centuries as an emblem of the interdependence between Kyoto and its rural hinterland. Domoto's inclusion of the Oharame in his eight-views series signals their importance to his vision of Kyoto's essential character: the city cannot be understood without acknowledging the rural communities that sustained it. The women's distinctive dress, their erect posture from carrying loads on their heads, and their movement through the landscape create a composition that is simultaneously portrait, genre scene, and landscape view.
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Women of Ôhara (Ôharame), from the album Eight Views of Kyoto (Kyôto hakkei) was created by Insho Domoto (堂本印象).
Women of Ôhara (Ôharame), from the album Eight Views of Kyoto (Kyôto hakkei) depicts landscapes, set at Kyoto.