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Katsukawa Shunshō
Abalone Fishergirl with an Octopuscirca 1773-1774

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Japanese woodblock print of a bare-chested woman kneeling on a rock holding an oyster, with a large orange octopus rising from stylized swirling waves below

Katsukawa Shunshō, Abalone Fishergirl with an Octopus, circa 1773-1774, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Max Palevsky, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Katsukawa Shunshō
Japan, 1726-1792
Title
Abalone Fishergirl with an Octopus
Place Made
Japan
Date Made
circa 1773-1774
Period
Edo period (1603-1868)
Medium
Color woodblock print
Dimensions
Image and sheet: 9 7/8 x 7 1/2 in. (25.08 x 19.05 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Max Palevsky
Accession Number
M.2003.168.4
Classification
Prints
Collecting Area
Japanese Art
Selected Bibliography
  • Singer, Robert T., and Kawai Masatomo, editors. The Life of Animals in Japanese Art. Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art, 2019.
  • Marks, Andreas. Japanese Woodblock Prints. Köln: Taschen, 2019.

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