Blacksmith

Two blacksmiths work at an open-air forge: a bald, bespectacled man crouches at left holding a small hammer and tongs to a glowing orange piece of metal, while a man in a striped hat, olive jacket, and rust-striped trousers stands bent forward swinging a long-handled hammer. Scattered around them on the grey stone ground are tongs, pincers, and hammers, with a brick furnace and glowing coals behind, a straw-thatched roof edge above, and a potted white-flowering plant hanging at the far left. The palette is muted—beige, grey, and rust tones—accented by the bright red-orange of the heated metal and coals; a vertical cartouche reading "鍛冶" (blacksmith) appears in the upper right, with a red seal and inscription at lower left.