Rice Planting — Taue
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Format:
- Oban
- Publisher:
- Watanabe Shozaburo
- Edition:
- Published by Watanabe Shozaburo
- Source:
- Japanese Art Open Database
Description
Women plant rice seedlings in flooded paddies — taue, the annual June ritual that has structured the agricultural calendar of Japan for millennia — bending in unison along the transplanting rows. Kasamatsu renders the communal labor of taue with an eye for the visual rhythm of identical gestures performed across a flooded field, the workers' reflections doubling in the water between the seedling rows. The scene connects to deep cycles of Japanese seasonal life.
Current Listings
$190
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Frequently Asked Questions
Rice Planting — Taue was created by Shiro Kasamatsu (笠松紫浪).
Rice Planting — Taue was published by Watanabe Shozaburo.
Rice Planting — Taue depicts snow scenes and food & drink.