A Long Dramatic And Very Finely Illustrated Scroll On Paper Backed With Mica Paper With Wormholes

by Whaling Scroll

$22,500 · Offered by Jonathan A. Hill Bookseller

Scroll 360 x 9290 mm. . N.p.: late-Edo? Our scroll, while it reveals no definitive place or date, was clearly produced in the early 19th century; it is uncommonly long and richly illustrated. In a series of distinct scenes, we see all the stages of whale hunting and processing. Each scene is a “beehive of activity.” The first scene depicts the boats sent out for the hunt, including boats for harpooners, a large boat carrying an enormous

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