Left, a naked female diver hands an awabi (haliotis gigantea) shell to a man and a boy waiting in a boat; right, three men with deformities sit around a fire. Woodcut attributed to Jūsui, 1789.

  • Shimokōbe, Shūsui, -approximately 1797.
Date:
1789]
Reference:
565488i
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The man in the boat is smoking a pipe; the men seated round the fire suffer from (left to right) cleft palate, dwarfism and hunchback (kyphosis)

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[Edo [Tokyo] (?) : [publisher not identified], 1789]

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1 print : woodcut ; image 18.9 x 13.9 cm

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Lettering in Japanese

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Wellcome Collection 565488i

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