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Source Description
This elegant woman uses a fishing line to catch prawns as she drifts near the shore at Kanagawa. Her bunched-up sleeves and the scarf she holds in her teeth lend her an air of casualness. This adds a touch of realism to what is otherwise a luxurious fantasy.
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Document identity
localId
30471
label
Tokaido gojusan tsui
core
obj
dtoType
print
citationUrl
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
30471
sourceUrl
contentType
print
stage
normalized
title
Tokaido gojusan tsui
description
This elegant woman uses a fishing line to catch prawns as she drifts near the shore at Kanagawa. Her bunched-up sleeves and the scarf she holds in her teeth lend her an air of casualness. This adds a touch of realism to what is otherwise a luxurious fantasy.
provenance
C. Robert Snell, Oriental Arts & Antiques, Timonium, Maryland; purchased by Justine Lewis Keidel, Owings Mills, Maryland, after 1971; given to Walters Art Museum, 1991.
date
1845-46 (late Edo)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Prints
woodblock prints
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
36.8
height
24.4
dimensionsRaw
14 1/2 x 9 5/8 in. (36.8 x 24.4 cm)
style
Utagawa School
Source extras
cul
Japanese
inscriptions
[Signature] Oju Toyokuni ga
med
mulberry paper, pigments
creator_ids
14891
3275
collection_ids
JPK
exhibition_ids
none
Single page context
seq
1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
mediaId
1e8e99886488c491