Mirror of Women’s Tasks

(Fujin tewaza kagami, 婦人手わざ鏡)

c. 1843

This series shows beautiful women performing various tasks against a background of colored stylized clouds. It is listed as number 141 in Kuniyoshi by Basil William Robinson (Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 1961). The prints are each about 14 by 10 inches (36 by 25 centimeters), a size known as ôban.

	Task: Awaiting her husband Description: Publisher: Murata-ya Tetsu
	Another state of the above design with the seal of the publisher Murata-ya Tetsu
	Task: Preparing tea (Cha no yu, 茶の湯) Description: Kneeling woman boiling water for the tea ceremony Publisher: Murata-ya Tetsu
	Task: Shaping cotton (Wata, 綿) Description: Seated woman shaping cotton batting Publisher: Yamashiro-ya Jinbei
	Another state of the above design with the seal of the publisher Murata-ya Tetsu
	Task: Salt (Shio) Description: Publisher: Murata-ya Tetsu
	Task: Sewing a kimono (Shidate, 仕立) Description: Kneeling woman sewing a kimono with a needle and thread held between her teeth; a boy playing the koto in the background Publisher: Murata-ya Tetsu
	Task: Dying cloth (Some mono, 染物) Description: Woman attaching natural fibers to the edges of a length of blue cloth Publisher: Murata-ya Tetsu

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