It's good to hire a woman Yometoriyoshi A series for the Hanazono poetry association Hanazono bantsuzuki (series title), A standing woman next to a miniature landscape on a table with the figures Jô and Uba, together the symbol for a long and happy married life. With two poems. The prints from this series are in line with the belief that the first activities of the new year were extra special. The red cartouche on the prints refers to almanacs in which it was indicated which activities could or could not be undertaken on certain days by people born in a certain year., Totoya Hokkei (mentioned
It's good to hire a woman Yometoriyoshi A series for the Hanazono poetry association Hanazono bantsuzuki (series title), A standing woman next to a miniature landscape on a table with the figures Jô and Uba, together the symbol for a long and happy married life. With two poems. The prints from this series are in line with the belief that the first activities of the new year were extra special. The red cartouche on the prints refers to almanacs in which it was indicated which activities could or could not be undertaken on certain days by people born in a certain year., Totoya Hokkei (mentioned on object), Japan, 1822 - 1825, paper, colour woodcut, h 203 mm × w 176 mm
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