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| Keywords: Kojima of Horiecho - Tokaido gojusan tsui - Walters 95585.jpg The Sea Monk Umibozu is a sea monster with a smooth round head like the shaven head of a Buddhist monk This woodblock print illustrates the story of the sailor Kawanaya Tokuzo who decides to go to sea on the last day of the year which other sailors consider unlucky A violent storm breaks out and the Umi Bozu appears In a ghastly voice the apparition demands Name the most horrible thing you know Tokuzo yells back My profession is the most horrible thing I know The monster is apparently satisfied with this answer and disappears along with the storm The 53 stations of the Tokaido in pairs place depicted Kuwana Mie ca 1845 late Edo woodblock print mulberry paper cm 36 2 24 77 accession number 95 585 11711 Justine Lewis Keidel date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Gift of Justine Lewis Keidel 1991 Signature Ichiyūsai Kuniyoshi ga; censor seal 'Mura'; Transcription Funanori Tokuzo no den place of origin Japan http //www kunisada de/Kunisada-Tokaido-Series/parallels/Tokaido-parallels2 20 htm p14 Kunisada Project Series Tōkaidō gojūsan tsui Walters Art Museum license 2D Japanese prints in the Walters Art Museum The 53 stations of the Tokaido in pairs Fishermen in art Umibozu Kuwana Mie | ||||
