The Dream of the Fisherman's Wife
The Dream of the Fisherman's Wife , also known as Girl Diver and Octopi, Diver and Two Octopi, etc., is a woodblock-printed design by the Japanese artist Hokusai. It is included in Kinoe no Komatsu, a three-volume book of shunga erotica first published in 1814, and has become Hokusai's most famous shunga design. Playing with themes popular in Japanese art, it depicts a young ama diver entwined sexually with a pair of octopuses.
The Dream of the Fisherman's Wife
Woodblock print by Utagawa Kuniyoshi depicting Tamatori's escape from Ryūjin and his sea creatures
Woodblock print by Kuniyoshi depicting Tamatori fighting an octopus
Dona i Pop ("Woman and Octopus") (1903, Catalan title), private drawing by Pablo Picasso
Ama are Japanese divers famous for collecting pearls, though traditionally their main catch is seafood. The vast majority of ama are women.
An ama diver.
Pearl divers in white uniforms, 1921
Pearl diver with headscarf, 1935