A Furier

Reproduction from a set of paintings called “Shokunin ezukushi” (職人絵尽/A Collection of Pictures of Artisans), which consists of 24 pieces, painted on screens, which are kept in the Kitain (喜多院; temple) at Kawagoe, in Saitama Prefecture. The paintings are attributed to Tosa Mitsuoki (土佐光起), who was appointed “Sakon-Shogen” early in the era of Genroku and made Chief of the Painting Bureau.

Vertically rectangular multicoloured print depicting a furrier's workshop in which two men and three women sit cross-legged or kneel while working. The man in the centre is cutting from a pattern, one woman is threading a needle, another is hand-sewing a cape-like textile, a child is sitting in the lap of another. above them hangs a rack of various articles of clothing - socks, gloves, robes, ties.