Mutsu no kuni Chidori no Tamagawa (Plover Jewel River in Mutsu Province), Utagawa Kuniyoshi, between 1847 and 1847

Woodblock triptych print, oban tate-e. Three women collecting brine for salt, two more on the salt flats behind (right). Flock of plovers in formation above. Date: between 1847 and 1847. Dimensions: Height: 36.90 centimetres (c); ; Height: 37.20 centimetres (l); Height: 36.90 centimetres (r); Width: 24.90 centimetres (c); Width: 25.30 centimetres (l); Width: 25 centimetres (r). Medium: paper. Collection: British Museum. Mutsu no kuni Chidori no Tamagawa 陸奥国千鳥のたま河 (Plover Jewel River in Mutsu Province) (BM 2008,3037.18613 2)