Court Ladies with Caged Pheasant/The Univalve Shell (Katatsugai), from the series Shell-Matching Game with Genroku Poets (Genroku kasen kai-awase)

1760 - 1849

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎

Japanese

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

Edo period, 1615-1868