Sewing — 裁縫
- Date:
- Not set
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Source:
- Japanese Art Open Database
Description
A woman engaged in sewing — the repair or construction of clothing — depicted in Shuntei's characteristic mode of domestic genre. Sewing was among the most fundamental of feminine household activities in Meiji Japan, and Shuntei renders the task with the observational precision that distinguished his best genre work: the specific posture of sustained close work, the arrangement of the sewing materials, the absorbed concentration of a skilled craftsperson. The Japanese title (裁縫, saihō) specifies the needle-and-thread work of cutting and sewing fabric rather than the more general term for handcraft.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Sewing — 裁縫 was created by Miyagawa Shuntei (宮川春汀) in Not set.
Sewing — 裁縫 depicts daily life.