Description
Five surimono 刷物, privately commissioned prints known literally as "printed things," make up this image of women collecting sea life at low tide. Ten poems written by members of a poetry salon appear across the upper part of the composition. All but one contain the words "low tide," with the remaining poem describing abalone as a sought-after jewel.
Provenance
Mr. Jeptha Homer Wade II [1857–1926] and Mrs. Ellen Garretson Wade [1859–1917], Cleveland, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art (?–1916); The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (1916–)
Accession Number
1916.1108
Medium
Pentaptych of color woodblock prints
Dimensions
Each: 21.2 x 18.4 cm (8 3/8 x 7 1/4 in.)
Classification
Credit Line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade
