Jukashoku Furikeizu (Portrait of a Weaver under a Tree)

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This piece depicts a woman weaver under a Gajimaru (small-leafed Banyan) tree preparing thread for weaving, a motif often found in the customs and manners painting genre. It has been signed Shima Eikan in the lower right part of the picture, but this is believed to have been added later.
Height 103.0 width 52.1cm
Okinawa Prefectural Museum Collection