1933.4.1762: The Pure Red Shell (Masuho-gai), from the series A Matching Game with the Genroku Poem Shells (Genroku kasen kai awase)
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1933.4.1762
- People
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Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎, Japanese (1760 - 1849)
- Title
- The Pure Red Shell (Masuho-gai), from the series A Matching Game with the Genroku Poem Shells (Genroku kasen kai awase)
- Other Titles
- Original Language Title: 元禄歌仙貝合 ますほ貝
- Classification
- Prints
- Work Type
- surimono, print
- Date
- 1821
- Places
- Creation Place: East Asia, Japan
- Period
- Edo period, 1615-1868
- Culture
- Japanese
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/207925
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Woodblock print (surimono); ink, color, and metallic pigments on paper
- Dimensions
- shikishiban: H. 19.9 × W. 17.8 cm (7 13/16 × 7 in.)
- Inscriptions and Marks
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- signature: printed: 月癖老人為一筆 [Getchi Rōjin I-itsu 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
- 1933.4.1762
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Publication History
- Edythe Polster and Alfred H. Marks, Surimono: Prints by Elbow, Lovejoy Press (Washington D.C., 1980), p. 243
Verification Level
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