Umabari with Waves and Clouds

19th century (Edo) L: 5 7/16 in. (13.8 cm) Citation Source image

A crashing wave is at the left of the composition, with two small clouds on the right. The background is worked in fish egg pattern ("nanako-ji"). Umabari were carried in place of kogai in Higo province (modern-day Kumamoto). They were used to stimulate horses. This is part of...

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William T. / Henry Walters Collection, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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