id: 95343 accession number: 1916.1108 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1916.1108 updated: 2023-08-23 18:05:20.756000 A Low Tide Pentaptych, c.1830. Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861). Pentaptych of color woodblock prints; each: 21.2 x 18.4 cm (8 3/8 x 7 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade 1916.1108 title: A Low Tide Pentaptych title in original language: 汐干五番内 series: series in original language: creation date: c.1830 creation date earliest: 1825 creation date latest: 1830 current location: creditline: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade copyright: --- culture: Japan, Edo period (1615-1868) technique: Pentaptych of color woodblock prints department: Japanese Art collection: Japanese Art type: Print find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS * Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861) - artist One of the principal Ukiyo-e artists of the late Edo period. --- measurements: Each: 21.2 x 18.4 cm (8 3/8 x 7 1/4 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE --- fun fact: A pentaptych is a composition of five parts. digital 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. wall description: --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1916.1108/1916.1108_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1916.1108/1916.1108_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1916.1108/1916.1108_full.tif