id:			152493
accession number:	1985.315
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1985.315
updated:		2023-08-23 22:53:19.066000

Gathering Shellfish at Low Tide at Susaki, from the series Famous Places in Edo, mid-1830s. Utagawa Hiroshige (Japanese, 1797–1858). Color woodblock print; sheet: 22.3 x 34.7 cm (8 3/4 x 13 11/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Kelvin Smith Collection, given by Mrs. Kelvin Smith 1985.315

title:				Gathering Shellfish at Low Tide at Susaki, from the series Famous Places in Edo
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creation date:			mid-1830s
creation date earliest:		1834
creation date latest:		1837
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creditline:			The Kelvin Smith Collection, given by Mrs. Kelvin Smith
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culture:	Japan, Edo period (1615-1868)
technique:	color woodblock print
department:	Japanese Art
collection:	Japanese Art
type:		Print
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CREATORS

* Utagawa Hiroshige (Japanese, 1797–1858)  - artist

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measurements: Sheet: 22.3 x 34.7 cm (8 3/4 x 13 11/16 in.)
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inscriptions:

	inscription:	Signature: Hiroshige ga
Artist Seal: Utagawa
Publisher: Sanoya Kihei (Kikakudo, Shiba shinmei mae)
Censorship Seal: kiwame
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		A Private World: Japanese and Chinese Art from the Kelvin Smith Collection
	opening date:   1988-09-14T04:00:00
	<i>A Private World: Japanese and Chinese Art from the Kelvin Smith Collection</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 14-November 13, 1988).

	title:		Japanese Gallery 235 Rotation
	opening date:   2018-03-26T04:00:00
	<i>Japanese Gallery 235 Rotation</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (March 26-July 9, 2018).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	(R. E. Lewis, Inc., California, sold to Mr. and Mrs. Kelvin Smith)
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	The Kelvin Smith Collection, Cleveland, OH, ?-1985, given by Mrs. Kelvin [Eleanor Armstrong] Smith [1899-1998] to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: ?-1985
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH, 1985-present
	date: 1985-
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wall description:
Susaki, a spit of land along Edo Bay, was known for excellent shellfish harvests during low tide in the spring. Hiroshige designed this print so that the viewer seems to be floating in the bay on board a ship, whose mast and rigging span the left foreground. Instead of depicting the lives or monuments of wealthy elites, this landscape focuses on the working men, women, and children wading into shallow water to fill their baskets with shellfish. Susaki Shrine, dedicated to Benten, the goddess of water, is shown only as buildings amid pine trees on the right, while the leisure class enjoying the sea breezes from a pavilion are reduced to small figures in the background.
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