The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of April 25, 2024
Ōmori, from the series Famous Places in the Eastern Capital
early 1830s
(Japanese, 1797–1861)
Overall: 23.9 x 34.2 cm (9 7/16 x 13 7/16 in.)
Location: not on view
Description
Sites around Edo (present-day Tokyo) were popular subjects of ukiyo-e (pictures of the floating world) prints in the early 1800s. The calligraphy in the red circle on the upper right is the title of the series, The Famous Places in the Eastern Capital. The Ōmori district, on Edo Bay a few miles south of Edo, was known for its cultivation of nori, the crackly sheets of seaweed commonly wrapped around rice balls or sushi rolls. Utagawa Kuniyoshi depicted two women gathering seaweed from cultivation beds. One uses chopsticks, while the other gently rakes the seaweed into the baskets in their boat. The tip of another skiff behind the stand of plants on the right and the cultivation beds in the distance suggest the scale and importance of this industry.- Hans Popper (sale: Sotheby Parke Bernet, October 6, 1972, lot 281)Eugene V. Thaw?-1985The Kelvin Smith Collection, Cleveland, OH, ?-1985, given by Mrs. Kelvin [Eleanor Armstrong] Smith [1899-1998] to the Cleveland Museum of Art1985-The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH, 1985-present
- Japanese Gallery 235 Rotation. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (March 26-July 9, 2018).A Private World: Japanese and Chinese Art from the Kelvin Smith Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 14-November 13, 1988).
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