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Divers Gathering Coral in the South Seas

Divers Gathering Coral in the South Seas

南海で珊瑚を狩る

Kitao Shigemasa (Japanese, 1739–1820)
Publisher: Tsuru Shin (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

about early 1760s

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (mizu-e); ink and color on paper

Dimensions Hosoban; 30.3 x 14 cm (11 15/16 x 5 1/2 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.5844

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Signed Kitao Shigemasa ga
北尾重政画

ProvenanceFormerly in the Sumitomo collection; June 1913, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from Yamanaka & Co.; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.