- Nōka no Shōgatsu (Farmer's New Year) - Okinawa Date: 1919

Date: 1919

This original design was created as the cover illustration for Fujin Graph

The trees and castle are lightly covered in snow

Kaoru and Niō no Miya (Prince Niō)

Sheet number: 9/30

- Nōka no Shōgatsu (Farmer's New Year) - Okinawa Date: 1919The peaceful woodblock print Nka no Shgatsu (Farmers New Year) by Mamoru Hiyoshi (b. 1885) warmly portrays a traditional New Years scene in a rural Japanese household. Inside the home, the father is making straw sandals while the mother sews beside the irori, a traditional sunken hearth. Nearby, the children play mari asobi, a classic girls ball game, creating a lively yet intimate family atmosphere. Beyond the shji doors, strings of persimmons hang