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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		 From Mita Arts, 2002
 Artist: Kunichika (1835-1900).

Title: The Diving Girls, Tales of Genji 54 Views - No 9 - Oban. Date: c1884. Condition: B,C,5.
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