Woman Spinning Silk

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Woman Spinning Silk, dated 1790. Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk.

Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk · Image: 33 3/4 × 12 5/16 in. (85.8 × 31.3 cm · The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Museum title: Woman Spinning Silk
Artist: Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, Tokyo (Edo) 1760–1849 Tokyo (Edo))
Date: dated 1790
Medium: Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk
Dimensions: Image: 33 3/4 × 12 5/16 in. (85.8 × 31.3 cm) Overall with mounting: 67 5/16 × 12 5/16 in. (171 × 31.3 cm) Overall with knobs: 67 5/16 × 19 1/8 in. (171 × 48.5 cm)
Credit line: Charles Stewart Smith Collection, Gift of Mrs. Charles Stewart Smith, Charles Stewart Smith Jr., and Howard Caswell Smith, in memory of Charles Stewart Smith, 1914
Image license: CC0 1.0 · Public domain
Museum record: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Artist’s life 1760–1849

Ukiyo-e c. 1600–1900

Galler’s rooms and hanging scale are imagined. The image is the museum’s original digital reproduction.