| schema:description 10 | "creditline: Anonymous Gift" |
| schema:description | "tombstone: Abalone Divers off the Coast of Ise, from an Untitled Landscape Series, early 1830s. Utagawa Kunisada (Japanese, 1786-1865). Color woodblock print; overall: 27.4 x 40 cm (10 13/16 x 15 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Anonymous Gift 1916.944...(more)" |
| schema:description | "culture: Japan, Edo Period (1615-1868)" |
| schema:description | "collection: Japanese Art" |
| schema:description | "type: Print" |
| schema:description | "wall_description: Prolific printmaker Utagawa Kunisada produced this seascape of abalone fishing as part of a series of untitled landscape prints in the early Tenpō era (1830–44). In the coastal city of Ise on Japan’s main island of Honshu, female divers called <em>ama</em> traditionally did the physically demanding job of harvesting shellfish such as abalone. These marine snails are valuable for their edible flesh, and their iridescent inner shell is a source of mother-of-pearl. This print depicts three stages of the harvest: One diver plunges into the water, another holds her breath while prying an abalone off the rocks with a blade, and a third <em>ama</em> conveys her successful harvest to the beaming fishermen on the boat....(more)" |
| schema:description | "id: 97315" |
| schema:description | "technique: color woodblock print" |
| schema:description | "inscription: Signature: Kochoro Kunisada ga
Publisher: Yamaguchiya Tobe (emblem)
Censorship Seal: kiwame" |
| schema:description | "measurements: Overall: 27.4 x 40 cm (10 13/16 x 15 3/4 in.)" |
