Artwork preview

Girl Filling a Bucket with Sea Water

Utagawa Kuniyoshi

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Japanese-style woodblock print of a girl filling bucket with sea water. The girl wears a red and white head wrap, a brown top with blue and red stripes and folded-back sleeves, and a brown skirt with red lining. She is barefoot. The girl holds a long pole with a bucket hanging from one end and another on the ground beside her. The background shows a pink sky and waves. Japanese text is printed on the artwork in black ink. The image is bordered in white.

Artwork details

Date:
ca. 1830
Medium:
Woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper
Culture:
Japan
Dimensions:
558 × 624 px
Museum record:
View original
Palette

You May Also Like

First Print from A Low Tide Pentaptych
Theatrical Scene
Kasuya Takenori, from the series "Parody of the Seven Spear-bearing Samurai of Yanagase (Ito no Yanagase shichihon yari ume)"
Willow Bath (Yanagiyu), from the series "A Series of Willows (Yanagi bantsuzuki)"
Bijin Urashima and the Seven Fortune Beings (Shichi-fuku-jin)
New Year Greeting Card for "Rat" Year
The Actor Segawa Yujiro I as Osai, a Female Hairdresser, in the Play Kamuri Kotoba Soga no Yukari, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the First Month, 1776
Courtesan Dancing
Print
Fifth Print from A Low Tide Pentaptych
Act Nine: Yuranosuke's House in Yamashina from the play Chushingura (Treasury of Loyal Retainers)
The Actor Yamashita Kyonosuke in the Role of Tamarimaru
The Actor Ichikawa Yaozo II as Soga no Juro Sukenari Disguised as the Proefessional Jester Senraku (?) in the Play Soga Moyo Aigo no Wakamatsu (?), Performed at the Nakamura Theater (?) in the Second Month, 1769 (?)
The Actors Ichikawa Monnosuke II and Segawa Kikunojo III as the Lovers Seijuro (right) and Onatsu (left), in the Elopement Scene "Michiyuki Hiyoku no Kiku-cho" (An Elopemet: Chrysanthemum-and-Butterfly Lovebirds), a Dance Interlude from Part Two of the Play Kabuki no Hana Bandai Soga (Flower of Kabuki: The Eternal Soga), Performed at the Ichimura Theater from the Twenty-fifth Day of the Fourth Month, 1781
Print
A Young Woman in a Snow Storm Carrying a Heavily Snow-Laden Umbrella
Scene from a Drama
Archery (Sha), from the series "Informal Versions of the Six Accomplishments in the Floating World (Ukiyoe rikugei ryaku)"
The Actor Onoe Tamizo I as Sotoku Taishi (?) Disguised as a Young Building Worker, in the Play Shitenno-ji Nobori Kuyo, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Eighth Month, 1773
The Monkey King Songokū, from the Chinese novel Journey to the West
Print
The Monkey's Quiver (Utsubo-zaru), from the series "Popular Kyogen Plays (Furyu kyogen asobi)"
The Actor Bando Mitsugoro I as Ogata no Saburo Disguised as Yoroya Takiemon in the Play Mure Takamatsu Yuki no Shirahata, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1780
Kaori-mono-awase, Gyoshu