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Description
Information on this simple surimono of persimmons on a plate is surprisingly scarce. The print may be from the Kasumiren Sōmoku Awase (霞連草木合, "Plants for the Kasumi Circle") series of prints by Shunman, but this is unclear. In any case, in the print we see two persimmons, one already peeled, and a knife for peeling on a porcelain plate. One seed, already removed, sits just outside the plate. Light bokashi gradation has been used at the bottom of the print, and kimedashi, an embossing technique produced by pushing the back of the paper down into recessions carved into the block, has been used on the knife and sections of the fruit for a more "real" effect. Attention has also been paid to the handle of the knife, carefully carved and printed to mimic wood grain.
Other prints in this set
- Akashi-ban Surimono
- Crow on Shrine Gate
- Insect with Loquat
- Pair of Pheasants
- Pair of Fugu
- Ebisu and Daikoku
- Satsuma no Fukuyorime
- Tea Grinding
- Tea Utensils
- River of Clouds
- Stealing the Peaches of Immortality
- Urashima Taro
- Saddlery
- Roof Tile with Sparrows
- Dancers
- Calendar print
- Pair of Fans
- Peonies
- Tale of the Tongue-cut Sparrow
- Nine-tailed Fox
- Still Life with Fishes
- Painting of a Peacock
- Ebisu
- Painting of the Courtesan Yugiri
- Lady Wei
- Dancer
- Hair Ornaments
- Peach Blossoms and Seal
- Birds over Waves
- Fruit Still Life
- Sennin with Crane
- Ono no Komachi