Two peasant girls beating cloth outside a house

A hanging scroll painting in color and ink on silk shows a standing woman in a patterned robe beside a thatched-roof house, while a kneeling woman in green works over a white cloth on a wooden board. A flowering tree, a bird on a branch, and pale clouds fill the upper space.

Artist

Katsukawa Shunsho 勝川春章 (1726-1792)

Date

18th century

Medium

Color and ink on silk

Source

Smithsonian (National Museum of Asian Art)

Size

1277 × 4000 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Asian Art