Utamaro "Young Woman Blowing a Popen" (glass noisemaker) Famous Places of Sixty-odd Provinces one might gently slide it

one might gently slide it aside to create a narrow gap to appreciate the view

flowing light

Created in 1794 during the Edo period

which has a smooth texture and is uniquely suitable for barefoot walking

creating an impressive piece reminiscent of a painting

Utamaro "Young Woman Blowing a Popen" (glass noisemaker) Famous Places of Sixty-odd Provinces one might gently slide itThis portrait shows a healthy young woman with a Taka shimada coiffure, playing with a glass toy, known as a biidoro. This thin glass object has a bulb covered with a thin diaphragm at one end and a pipe at the other. When the pipe is blown or sucked the diaphragm makes soft popping sound. The women dose not appear to belong any particular social classification. Girl Blowing a Glass Toy Ten Physiognomic Aspects of Women