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Fuelwood

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  • A Japanese man heavily laden with firewood crosses a wooden plank over a river, upstream a waterfall. Gouache painting.
  • Activities of winter: a man is chopping wood and others are warming themselves at a bonfire on a river bank. Etching by Perelle.
  • Japan: two women from Ohara village near Kyoto having a rest while carrying firewood into the city. Colour woodcut, ca. 1900.
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    Activities of winter: a man is chopping wood and others are warming themselves at a bonfire on a river bank. Etching by Perelle.

    | Date: 1600-1699 | Reference: 29940i
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    A Japanese man heavily laden with firewood crosses a wooden plank over a river, upstream a waterfall. Gouache painting.

    | Reference: 23654i
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    A woman holding a basket in one arm and a bundle of firewood in the other makes her way among trees in a rocky landscape. Etching by J.T. Smith, ca. 1793.

    Smith, John Thomas, 1766-1833. | Date: [1795?] | Reference: 2917468i
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    Japan: two women from Ohara village near Kyoto having a rest while carrying firewood into the city. Colour woodcut, ca. 1900.

    | Date: [1900?] | Reference: 729073i
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    A man, a woman, and a boy collecting firewood. Etching attributed to J. Visscher after N. Berchem.

    Berchem, Nicolaas Pietersz, 1620-1683. | Date: [between 1600 and 1699?] | Reference: 2803345i
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