Crabs Near the Water's Edge, Edo period (1615?1868), ca. 1830, Japan, Polychrome woodblock print (surimono) ; ink and color on paper, 8 x 7 5/16 in. (20. 3 x 18. 6 cm), Prints, Yashima Gakutei (Japanese, 1786? ?1868), As the poem at the left is by the leader of the Katsushika poetry group, Bunbunsha Kanikomaru (Little Crab), it is not surprising that the subject of this surimono is the tiny benkei crab, drawn, as customary, to appear somewhat comical