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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1933.4.1763
People
Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎, Japanese (1760 - 1849)
Title
The Abalone Shell (Awabi), from the series The Poetry-Shell Matching Game of the Genroku Era (Genroku kasen kai awase)
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print, surimono
Date
Edo period, datable to 1821
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, Japan
Period
Edo period, 1615-1868
Culture
Japanese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/207958

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Woodblock print (surimono); ink, color, and metallic pigments on paper
Dimensions
Shikishiban: H. 20.6 cm x W. 17.8 cm (8 1/8 x 7 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: Getchi rōjin Iitsu hitsu
  • inscription: (Poems by Gekka Nagame, Yamamichi Nuime, Kado Marume, Kanjinsha Nijinari and Shūchōdō Monoyana*)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of the Friends of Arthur B. Duel
Accession Year
1933
Object Number
1933.4.1763
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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