(解説文要約)
ヤマによって違いはあっても、往々にして水の確保には苦労していました。
遠かったり、鉄分が多くて飲めなかったり、季節によって枯渇したり。
描かれているのは、「タゴ」と呼ばれる担い桶です。
木製なので乾燥すると水が漏るため、湿らせてから使っていました。
While situations differed from mine to mine, finding a constant water supply was a major concern for miners.
Some springs were located far from their housing, or sometimes the water was not even suitable for consumption because of its high iron content.
Depending on the season, wells were even known to dry up.
The buckets illustrated in this painting were called Tago.
They used these wooden Tago after first soaking them because water would leak from them when they were dry.