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Pearl Divers
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
Female divers bring up sea urchins to a rowboat with three men. On a rock three women catch their breath for the next dive. In the yellow cartouche a poem by the ninth-century poet Ono no Takamura.
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Credit lineParelduiksters. 1835 - 1836. Katsushika Hokusai. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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