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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1933.4.1768
People
Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎, Japanese (1760 - 1849)
Title
Hand Mirror and Hair Ornaments/The Color Shell (Irogai), from the series Shell-Matching Game with Genroku Poets (Genroku kasen kai-awase)
Other Titles
Transliterated Title: Genroku kasen kai-awase: Irogai
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/207960

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Ukiyo-e woodblock-printed "surimono" in "shikishiban" format; ink, color, metallic pigments, and embossing on paper, with printed signature reading "Getchi Rōjin I-itsu hitsu"
Dimensions
Paper: H. 20.8 cm x W. 18.1 cm (8 3/16 x 7 1/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: (printed) Getchi Rōjin I-itsu hitsu
  • inscription: (Poems by Midori Yanako, Shūchōdō Monoyana and Kyōkadō Magao)

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
1933.4.1768
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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