About This Print
Tokuriki depicts an Oharame (woman of Ohara) carrying a load of kindling on her head. The artist also created another state of this print attached to a square board (shikishiban format) as shown below. Also see IHL Cat. # 1213 Oharame (seated).
Shikishiban edition
Note absence of hand written signature and red "tomi" seal as seen on this collection's print in lower left corner.
Source: website of the Kyoto Costume Museum http://www.iz2.or.jp/english/fukusyoku/busou/24.htm
For generations, the women known as Ohara-me, living in the villages of Yase and Ohara at the the foot of Mt. Hiei located in the north of Kyoto, sold bundles of kindling, flowers and charcoal in Kyoto. Today, the tradition continues as a tourist attraction.
Their distinctive traditional dress consists of an indigo blue kosode, white underwear, a red and white thin obi belt, a pair of white tekko protectors, a pair of habaki leg protectors, an apron and waraji straw sandals. Her head is covered with a white tenugui towel.
Their distinctive traditional dress consists of an indigo blue kosode, white underwear, a red and white thin obi belt, a pair of white tekko protectors, a pair of habaki leg protectors, an apron and waraji straw sandals. Her head is covered with a white tenugui towel.
photo. c. 1910
Print Details
| IHL Catalog | #1212 |
| Title |  |
| Series | |
| Artist | Tokuriki Tomikichirō (1902-2000) |
| Signature |  artist's printed "tomi" 富 seal and signature and "T. Tokuriki" hand-signed in pencil |
| Seal | "tomi" 富 seal, as shown above |
| Date | c. 1960s (undated) |
| Edition | not numbered |
| Publisher | self-published |
| Printer | self-printed |
| Impression | excellent |
| Colors | excellent |
| Condition | excellent |
| Genre | sosaku hanga (creative print) |
| Miscellaneous | |
| Format | shikishiban |
| H x W Paper | 11 3/4 x 10 9/16 in. (29.8 x 26.8 cm) |
| H x W Image | 11 x 9 9/16 in. (27.9 x 24.3 cm) |
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