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This ukiyo-e by Utagawa Hiroshige
is titled “The Rice Market at Dojima” (1835) but if you look closely, there’s no rice.
That’s because it’s pre-harvest and this print is thought to be depicting the world’s first commodity futures exchange.
is titled “The Rice Market at Dojima” (1835) but if you look closely, there’s no rice.
That’s because it’s pre-harvest and this print is thought to be depicting the world’s first commodity futures exchange.
You can feel the high lev of energy and emotions as people bet on the upcoming harvest.
Several administrators are keeping track of the trades in their books.
Several administrators are keeping track of the trades in their books.
But even after trading had finished it was hard to get the traders to disperse. So a group of workers would come out and spray water everywhere to chase them away.
