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A Low Tide Pentaptych by Utagawa Kuniyoshi — VisualArtsDB

A Low Tide Pentaptych

A Low Tide Pentaptych

Utagawa Kuniyoshi

1825–1830

Medium: Pentaptych of color woodblock prints
Dimensions: Each: 21.2 x 18.4 cm (8 3/8 x 7 1/4 in.)
Genre: print
Museum: Cleveland Museum of Art

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Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)

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Five surimono 刷物, privately commissioned prints known literally as "printed things," make up this image of women collecting sea life at low tide. Ten poems written by members of a poetry salon appear across the upper part of the composition. All but one contain the words "low tide," with the remaining poem describing abalone as a sought-after jewel.

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