Helen Hyde – The Return

Original woodblock print. The first edition of this design was published in 1907. The current print was printed between 1907 and 1919.

Women descend late in the evening, bringing back wood on their backs. Though laborious, it seems as if they are being watched over by the statue of the Buddhist god Jizo, beneath a full moon.

Image size (excluding margins): 39.2 * 21.2 cm (15.4 * 8.3 in).

The print is in very good state. The paper has aged slightly, and a note has been written in the margin, but far from the image itself. It is mounted to a passe-partout, and has been printed on very thin, transparent Japanese tissue paper.

The pictures shown here are from the print itself.

See an overview of Helen Hyde's woodblock prints