Tohoku no irori ha (Home-life in Winter-time (Northern Japan)) / Nihon jozoku sen (Woman's Customs in Japan)
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Edition:
- Self-printed
- Source:
- ukiyo-e.org
Description
Published with dual titles — a Japanese descriptor of the fireside domestic scene (Tohoku no irori ha) and a series title about women's customs (Nihon jozoku sen) — this print depicts winter life around the traditional sunken hearth (irori) of a northern Japanese farmhouse. The irori was the physical and social center of Tohoku domestic life, its fire warming the room, cooking the food, and gathering the family through the long winter months that Sekino knew from his Aomori childhood.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Tohoku no irori ha (Home-life in Winter-time (Northern Japan)) / Nihon jozoku sen (Woman's Customs in Japan) was created by Jun'ichiro Sekino (関野準一郎).
Tohoku no irori ha (Home-life in Winter-time (Northern Japan)) / Nihon jozoku sen (Woman's Customs in Japan) uses Nishiki-e, Moku-hanga, and Kento, on woodblock print.
Tohoku no irori ha (Home-life in Winter-time (Northern Japan)) / Nihon jozoku sen (Woman's Customs in Japan) depicts snow scenes and winter.