Girls preparing Mulberry leaves

Kitao Shigemasa
Japan
1739 – 1820

Girls preparing Mulberry leaves
no. 5 from the series Silkworm Cultivation (Kaiko yashinai gusa)
c 1776
woodblock print, ink and colour on paper
Place made
Japan
Medium
woodblock print, ink and colour on paper
Dimensions
24.4 x 18.6 cm (image & sheet, chûban)
Credit line
Gift of Brian and Barbara Crisp in memory of their son Andrew 2003
Accession number
20033G17
Signature and date
Signed, in block, l.r., "['Shigemasa in Japanese characters]". Not dated.
Media category
Print
Collection area
Asian art - Japan