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Katsushika Hokusai, 1760-1849 |
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The Poetry-Shell Matching Game of the Genroku Era: The Fulling Block Shell (Genroku kasen kai-awase: Kinutagai) |
| with women pounding seaweed on a fulling block (kinuta); signed Getchi rojin Iitsu hitsu (Moonstruck Old Man Iitsu), commissioned by the Yomogawa (Four Directions Group) for New Year 1821, Year of the Snake |
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shikishiban 7 3/4 by 6 7/8 in., 19.6 by 17.4 cm |
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The first poem by Kogetsutei Yoshimura references the 'ki' (come) and 'kinuta' (pounding block). Uraraka ni kesa shimo haru no kinutagai uchigasumu sode ni niou umegaka On this glorious morning early spring has come with pounding sounds of kinuta veiled in mist by the fragrance of plum blossoms The second poem by Chikujuan Haruyoshi (Jiro) references dark seaweed sheets (nori) that resembles recycled paper. Shizu ga suku Shinagawa-nori ya Asakusa de Shinashi mo nitaru Kami Kinutagai Sounding like the beaters of seaweed at Shinagawa the humble kinuta beaters at Asakusa are making recycled paper |
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References: Theodore Bowie, Art of the Surimono, 1979, pp. 176-177, no. 109 Roger Keyes, Surimono: Privately Published Japanese Prints in the Spencer Museum of Art, 1984, pp. 78-79, no. 28 Matthi Forrer with texts by Edmond de Goncourt, Hokusai, 1988, p. 235, no. 263 Gian Carolo Calza, Hokusai: Il vecchio pazzo per la pittura, 1999, p. 253, no. V.7.6 Gian Carlo Calza, Hokusai, 2003, p. 239, no. v.7.6 |
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