Cleaning the Well

Woodblock Prints Title: Cleaning the Well, from the series One Hundred Comic Poems (Fűryű odoke hyakku)

Publication: 1811

Size: 11.1 x 17 cm (4 3/8 x 6 11/16 in.)

Publisher: Iseya Rihei (Kinjudô)

Signature: Hokusai ga

Original: 1st state. Black, white and sometimes salmon colored with kyoka, as seen below: Estimated Value: Ref # 100C46a

2nd state. Similar to the 1st state, but with purple, green and blue/gray and sometimes yellow colors added:

Estimated Value: Ref # 100C46b

3rd state. Similar to the 2nd state, but lacks kyoka:

Estimated Value: Ref # 100C46c