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A Low Tide Pentaptych
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About this work
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.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit lineA Low Tide Pentaptych (汐干五番内), c. 1830. Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861). Pentaptych of color woodblock prints; each: 21.2 x 18.4 cm (8 3/8 x 7 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade, 1916.1108
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