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「美人合」 海女
Awabi Diver, from the series Contest of Beauties (Bijin awase)
「美人合」 海女
Utagawa Kuninao (Japanese, 1795–1854)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1820 (Bunsei 3)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Shikishiban; 20.4 x 18.1 cm (8 1/16 x 7 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. John Templeman Coolidge
Accession NumberRES.46.27
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Ohki w/ Haliburton, Private World of Surimono (2020), #36; McKee, Colored in the Year's New Light (Becker coll. exh. ca., 2008), #112; Keyes, Art of Surimono (Chester Beatty cat., 1985), vol. 1, #236
DescriptionPoems translated in Ohki w/ Haliburton 2020, p. 147; McKee 2008, p. 230; and Keyes 1985, vol. 1, p. 267.
Signed
(seal only)
Marks
Artist's seal: Kuninao
InscriptionsPoem by Chinchôya Chinchô: Arisoumi no/ ama mo awabi no/ kai ya arite/ kakaete ideshi/ tama no haru kana
Poem by Jingorô Takumi: Yûyû to/ nami o hanaruru/ hatsuhikage/ kamiyo no mama no/ haru o mukaete
Poem by Jingorô Takumi: Yûyû to/ nami o hanaruru/ hatsuhikage/ kamiyo no mama no/ haru o mukaete