1933.4.1769: Women Picnicing by the Tama River/The Short-Necked Clam Shell (Asarigai), from the series Shell-Matching Game with Genroku Poets (Genroku kasen kai-awase)

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1933.4.1769

People

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎, Japanese (1760 - 1849)

Title

Women Picnicing by the Tama River/The Short-Necked Clam Shell (Asarigai), from the series Shell-Matching Game with Genroku Poets (Genroku kasen kai-awase)

Other Titles

Transliterated Title: Genroku kasen kai-awase: Asarigai

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/207995

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Ukiyo-e woodblock-printed "surimono" in "shikishiban" format; ink, color and metallic pigments on paper, with printed signature reading "Getchi Rōjin I-itsu hitsu"

Dimensions

Paper: H. 20.0 cm x W. 17.8 cm (7 7/8 x 7 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• Signed: (printed) Getchi Rōjin I-itsu hitsu
• inscription: (Poems by Maki no Mukiwa, Ki no Marundo, Taki no Shiraito, Ono no Kaneatsu and Kurendō Kitsuyoshi* of the Musashi Tama River Circle, and Yomo Utagaki 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

1933.4.1769

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Contact

am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu

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