Title: Woman Spinning Silk
Object type: Hanging scroll
Date: dated 1790
Culture: Japan
Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
Artist:  Katsushika Hokusai 
Artist bio: Japanese, Tokyo (Edo) 1760–1849 Tokyo (Edo)
Artist nationality: Japanese
Artist role: Artist
Medium: Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk
Dimensions: Image: 33 3/4 × 12 5/16 in. (85.8 × 31.3 cm)
Overall with mounting: 67 5/16 × 12 5/16 in. (171 × 31.3 cm)
Overall with knobs: 67 5/16 × 19 1/8 in. (171 × 48.5 cm)
Classification: Paintings
Credit line: Charles Stewart Smith Collection, Gift of Mrs. Charles Stewart Smith, Charles Stewart Smith Jr., and Howard Caswell Smith, in memory of Charles Stewart Smith, 1914
Department: Asian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Birds, term: Children, term: Women, term: Working