Dressed in elaborate cotton kimonos, two girls appear a bit over-dressed for the task at hand. Beneath their tie-dyed head coverings, they each sport hairstyles of the highest urban fashion. These are elegant urban women costumed to play the roles of tea plantation workers in the famed fuchu region. Hiroshige is presenting his urban patrons with a fantasy that appeals both to their sense of fashion and to their love of fine tea. Object Type: woodcut print. Genre: ukiyo-e. Date: between 1845 and 1846 (late Edo). Place of creation: Japan. Dimensions: height: 36 cm (14.1 in); width: 25 cm (9.8 in). Medium: pigments on mulberry paper. Collection: Walters Art Museum. Series Title: Fifty-three pairings along the Tokaido Road. Ibaya Kyubei - Tokaido gojusan tsui - Walters 95562
