Unknown Farm woman tilling field
- Date:
- Not set
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Format:
- Oban
- Source:
- Japanese Art Open Database
Description
A farm woman tilling a field — bent over her work in the traditional posture of hand-cultivation, the tools of traditional agriculture visible in the scene — represents one of Kotozuka's most explicitly documentary subjects. The agricultural labor that sustained Japanese rural life through centuries of rice and vegetable cultivation rarely appeared in shin-hanga landscape art, which tended toward scenic beauty rather than working life; Kotozuka's engagement with this subject reflects the broader sosaku-hanga interest in the full range of human experience.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Unknown Farm woman tilling field was created by Kotozuka Eiichi (琴塚英一) in Not set.
Unknown Farm woman tilling field depicts landscapes.