The Jewel River at Chōfu (Chōfu no Tamagawa) ca. 1768 Suzuki Harunobu Japanese Tatsukuri (or Tetsukuri), in the Musashi area west of modern Tokyo known as Chōfu, is a famous place for bleaching cloth. The woman here is rinsing cloth in the shoals of the river but looks almost as if dancing with the waving cloth. Use of the technique of embossing subtly reveals the cloth's thickness. The poem by Fujiwara Teika in the square reads:Tamagawa at Chōfu by TeikaThe cloth that is hung over the fence for bleaching catches the morning dew at the village of Tamagawa.(trans. by Miyeko Murase). The Jewel R
The Jewel River at Chōfu (Chōfu no Tamagawa) ca. 1768 Suzuki Harunobu Japanese Tatsukuri (or Tetsukuri), in the Musashi area west of modern Tokyo known as Chōfu, is a famous place for bleaching cloth. The woman here is rinsing cloth in the shoals of the river but looks almost as if dancing with the waving cloth. Use of the technique of embossing subtly reveals the cloth's thickness. The poem by Fujiwara Teika in the square reads:Tamagawa at Chōfu by TeikaThe cloth that is hung over the fence for bleaching catches the morning dew at the village of Tamagawa.(trans. by Miyeko Murase). The Jewel River at Chōfu (Chōfu no Tamagawa) 56420
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