1933.4.1763: The Abalone Shell (Awabi), from the series The Poetry-Shell Matching Game of the Genroku Era (Genroku kasen kai awase)
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1933.4.1763
- People
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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
- surimono, print
- 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
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- 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
- Permissions
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