Actor Bandō Mitsugorō III as a workman: rolls of silk in the background which he pounds. Colour woodcut by Kuninao, ca. 1820.

Mallet, roller and rolls of silk are set out on mats on the bank of a river. Rolls of silk were pounded as part of the process of manufacture

Whole-length figures

Edo [Tokyo] : [publisher not identified], [1820?]

1 print : woodcut, printed in colours

...gawa Kuninao-ga Bears publisher's mark and censor's seal

Kuninao was a pupil of Toyokuni I. This design is in the style of his teacher

Wellcome Collection 35325i