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Fourth Print from A Low Tide Pentaptych

Fourth Print from A Low Tide Pentaptych

Utagawa Kuniyoshi · c. 1830

This is one of five surimono , privately commissioned prints, making up an image of people collecting sea life at low tide. Ten witty poems, written by members of a poetry circle, appear across the upper part of the composition, with two poems on each print.

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Cleveland Museum of Art
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