Painting, 1946, of an elderly woman returning from the backbreaking work of buying goods. Her glasses are broken and tied together with a string. She wears the wartime attire of monpei, trousers for women. Women tended to do more of this kind of work than men in the days of the "bamboo shoots" economy.

From: "Senryō jidai (Occupation Period)". Vol. 9. Zusetsu: Shōwa no rekishi (Illustrated Shōwa History). Ed. Shōwa no rekishi kankōkai henshū. Tokyo: Shūeisha, 1979-1980; 12.