The purple shell Murasakigai (title object) A comparison play of poems (series title) Kasen awase (series title object) Two women get the first water from the new year from a well. Traditionally there frond and a twisted rope attached to the wooden bucket which holds one of the women. In the background a flowering plum tree. Two gedichten. Manufacturer : printmaker: Ryūryūkyo Shinsai (listed building) poet Yûkeisai Sekimori (listed building) poet Haikai Utaba (listed property) Place manufacture: Japan Date: 1809 Physical characteristics: color woodblock; line block in black with color blocks;
The purple shell Murasakigai (title object) A comparison play of poems (series title) Kasen awase (series title object) Two women get the first water from the new year from a well. Traditionally there frond and a twisted rope attached to the wooden bucket which holds one of the women. In the background a flowering plum tree. Two gedichten. Manufacturer : printmaker: Ryūryūkyo Shinsai (listed building) poet Yûkeisai Sekimori (listed building) poet Haikai Utaba (listed property) Place manufacture: Japan Date: 1809 Physical characteristics: color woodblock; line block in black with color blocks; metallic pigment material: paper Technique: color woodblock Dimensions: sheet: H 134 mm × W 184 mmToelichtingEen surimono is a luxurious print Where: on picture is combined with one or more poems. When the printing of a surimono was often use is made of thicker paper, embossing, and metal pigments, such as copper and silver powder. The prints were often commissioned by poets and as an exclusive gift gegeven. Subject to friends and relations: utilitarian, public pump or water fountain
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