Harvesting a Whale
CultureJapanese
Dateca. 1700-1749
MediumSix-panel screen; ink and color on paper
DimensionsOverall: 349 1/2 × 142 1/2 × 1 1/2 inches (887.73 × 361.95 × 3.81 cm)
Credit LineGift of Harriett M. Snyder
Object numberF97-34
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DescriptionA six-panel screen depicting whaling activities during the harvest. The main scene is concentrated on the fifth panel where four whalers are cutting the fat from a whale. Other scenes include retailers selling and shipping whale fat, figures boiling the fat into oil, and many kinds of small businesses which are selling lacquer ware, cloth and medicinal tea drinks.
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Joel Sternfeld
June 1979; printed 1985
2022.25.12
Joel Sternfeld
1979
2005.27.4414
