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Tokaido gojusan tsui
(Japan and Korea )
This elegant woman uses a fishing line to catch prawns as she drifts near the shore at Kanagawa. Her bunched-up sleeves and the scarf she holds in her teeth lend her an air of casualness. This adds a touch of realism to what is otherwise a luxurious fantasy.
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Provenance
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C. Robert Snell, Oriental Arts & Antiques, Timonium, Maryland; purchased by Justine Lewis Keidel, Owings Mills, Maryland, after 1971; given to Walters Art Museum, 1991.
Geographies
Japan (Place of Origin)
Measurements
14 1/2 x 9 5/8 in. (36.8 x 24.4 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Justine Lewis Keidel, 1991
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
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In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
95.546