Spring Water

A woman with long, loose dark hair crouches on a rocky bank beside a stream, dressed in a striped grey-brown robe with a purple sash, a blue underlayer, and bright orange-red trousers, her feet in yellow geta sandals. She leans forward over the water, with a round wooden tub or basket and a folded blue-and-white cloth resting on the rocks beside her; bare, reddish-branched trees and pale, mist-toned hills fill the background. The palette is soft and muted overall, with the woman's vivid red and blue garments standing out against grey rocks and a cream-colored sky. *Spring Water*, a kuchi-e color woodblock print by Tsutsui Toshimine, 1909.