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No 9- Genji Chapter 9- Aoi- Awabi

No 9- Genji Chapter 9- Aoi- Awabi
by Kunichika Toyohara (1835-1900)

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Artist: Kunichika Toyohara (1835-1900) 豊原国周
Title: No 9- Genji Chapter 9- Aoi- Awabi
Series: 54 Views of Modern Genji 現時五十四情
Date of first edition?Not set
Publisher (first edition)?Not Set
Publisher (this edition)?Not Set
Medium (first edition): Woodblock
Medium (this edition): Woodblock
Format (first edition): Oban
Format (this edition): Oban
DB artwork code: 35241
Notes (first edition)?
Notes (this edition)?
The following information was taken from the original web listing of this artwork. Note that there may be some inaccuracies:

Genji Fifty-four Emotions in the Modern Times

Artist: Kunichika
Format: Oban tate-e: 14.5" x 9.5"

Subject: A woman diver, 'Ama' with a spatula in her mouth getting into the sea and another diver working on a rock surface. Two other divers resting on a boat. The spatula is used to pry off the Awabi shells and other crustaceans from the rocks. In the inset in the shape of a book of the Tale of Genji and has Genji crest patterns.

Date: c. 1

Condition: Slightly trimmed. Re-margined at right. Some light offsetting. Minor soils, marks and flaws. Moderate state.

Colour: Fine colors.

Impression: Fine impression with gauffrage

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