Item from the Mokuhankan Flea Market

Abalone Divers at Enoshima (3 prints)

Size: 21.5cm by 27.5cm (8.46 in by 10.83 in) | Enlargement | Shipping Code: [L] ?

Designer: Kitagawa Utamaro

Era: Taisho | Currency: $ / £ / €

Price: ¥ 15,000$ 120.00£ 90.25€ 105.00 [Item has been sold]

Description: Part of a monthly subscription series of three woodblock prints issued by the Yamato Hanga Kanko-kai in 1924.


This triptych is a reproduction of a rare horizontal print depicting ama divers, women who dive underwater to collect abalone and turban shells, a subject frequently depicted by Utamaro.

The dimensions given are for each print.

There is toning and foxing on these prints. Also, there are a few traces of glue removal on the backside.

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