Pit Workers in the Old Days (Job-hunting and Raising Money)
1958 - 1963

Mukashi no Yamabito (Game-tsuki, Tsubo-tsuki)
[Pit Workers in the Old Days (Job-hunting and Raising Money)]
21.1 x 30.3 cm Ink Painting

Pit workers (yamabito) in the old days called job-hunting "game-tsuki (tortoise spearing)" and busying oneself raising money "tsubo-tsuki (pot spearing)"'
Though there were not a large number of unemployed people in the Meiji era (1868-1912), lots of workers moved from pit to pit for personal reasons. Miners who repeatedly search for jobs were many in number. (Some people called mine closing shikai.)

Lettering on the Bag on the Tortoise's Shoulder
kome: rice
Lettering on the Pot
kin or kane: gold or money


Translation Assisted by Mr. Nathan Johndro

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