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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1933.4.1816
People
Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎, Japanese (1760 - 1849)
Title
Tobacco Pouch with a Shell-Shaped Ornament (Netsuke), a Box of Sweets from Takasagoya, and a Pot of Plant/The Salt Shell (Shiogai), from the series Shell-Matching Game with Genroku Poets (Genroku kasen kai-awase), with a poem by Toshigaki no Maharu
Other Titles
Transliterated Title: Genroku kasen kai-awase: Shiogai
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/207602

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Ukiyo-e woodblock-printed "surimono" in "shikishiban" format; Ink, color and metallic pigment on paper
Dimensions
Paper: H. 20.4 cm x W. 18.0 cm (8 1/16 x 7 1/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: (printed) Gecchi rōjin Iitsu hitsu

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
1933.4.1816
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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