• RAMASSAGE DES ORMEAUX ( AWABI )

Surimono, shikishiban, nishiki-e.

ca.1890.

Representation of one of these traditional fisherwomen of the coastal regions, who dived half-naked into the sea in search of abalones. An inexhaustible source of fascination for Westerners, these images invaded Europe during the second half of the nineteenth century. Intended for the general public, they respond to the general demand for representations of female nudes and beautiful women. Far from the ethnographic subject, these fisherwomen impose themselves in the collective imagination as courtesans of the sea, their sensual bodies delivered to the male gaze in Japan and elsewhere.



RAMASSAGE DES ORMEAUX ( AWABI )

  • 200.00 €



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