The purple shell: two women fetching water, Ryūryūkyo Shinsai, 1809

Two women fetch water from a spring for the first time in the year. One of them pulls the winch of the well, the second has a wooden water barrel in his hands. A water barrel on the ground to the right. With two poems. Label line: mentioned on object ryūryūkyo shinsai (ca. 1764 - after 1825), 1809, color woodcut; line block in black with color blocks; metallic pigments collection: prints; japan (collection). Object Type: print. Date: 1809. Place of creation: Japan. Dimensions: blad Height: 134 mm (5.27 in) blad Width: 184 mm (7.24 in). Medium: paper. Collection: Rijksmuseum. De paarse schelp- twee vrouwen halen water-Rijksmuseum RP-P-1995-286