Uso to mago kokoro no ura omote 嘘と真言心の裏表 (Falsehood and Truth: Both Sides of the Heart), Utagawa Kuniyoshi, circa 1848
Woodblock print, oban tate-e. Woman bent at the waist with her hands on her thighs; cat and household furnishings behind her (inset: a similarly dressed woman working with cloth on her knees). Date: circa 1848. Dimensions: Height: 37 centimetres Width: 25.20 centimetres. Medium: paper. Collection: British Museum. Uso to mago kokoro no ura omote 嘘と真言心の裏表 (Falsehood and Truth- Both Sides of the Heart) (BM 2008,3037.03104)