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[Fulling cloth by moonlight] – Historic Reproduction

[Fulling cloth by moonlight] — historic drawing
[Fulling cloth by moonlight]. Historic drawing from the Japanese Prints collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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[Fulling cloth by moonlight] comes to life in this historic drawing, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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[Fulling cloth by moonlight]

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Moonlight does most of the work in this two-sheet drawing, which shows women pounding cloth at night. Fulling, the beating of woven cloth with mallets to soften and whiten it, was a household task that usually fell to women and was often done after dark, when the day's heat had passed. In Japanese and Chinese poetry, the sound of fulling mallets signified autumn and longing, so the scene carried more than everyday labor. The ink and watercolor work dates from roughly 1785 to 1849, late in the Edo period.

Medium1 drawing (2 sheets) : ink and watercolor.
Genredreams and substances
Notes[between 1785 and 1849]
SubjectsWomen--Japanese--1780-1850. Older people--Japan--1780-1850. Textiles--Japan--1780-1850. Moonlight--Japan--1780-1850.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan3,641 × 4,555 px · prints to 12 × 15 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-222084

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