Poem by Gonchunagon Sadaie (Fujiwara no Sadaie, Fujiwara no Teika) - Intriguing view of workers processing seawater into salt. At right, a man blows through a bamboo pipe at the fire used to boil and evaporate the seawater, leaving only salt. Smoke shaded from orange to gray drifts up across the sky and women below carry pails of seawater hung from yokes over their shoulders. At left, men stack bundles of firewood to stoke the fire. The poem by the poet and calligrapher Fujiwara no Sadaie, also known as Fujiwara no Teika, reads:

Like the salt sea-weed,
Burning in the evening calm.
On Matsuo's shore,
All my being is aflame,
Awaiting her who does not come.
A great scene from daily life, beautifully detailed and shaded. We've never come across this subject in reprint before.

Artist - Hokusai (1760 - 1849)

Image Size - 10 1/8" x 14 1/4" + margins as shown

Condition - This print with excellent color and detail as shown. Toning, slight creasing, slight thinning and rubbing at upper left edge. Please see photos for details. Good overall.