The Dry-Shallows Shell (Minasegai), from the series The Poetry-Shell Matching Game of the Genroku Era (Genroku kasen kai awase)
1760 - 1849
Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎
Japanese
Commissioned by the Yomogawa poetry group.
Woodblock print (surimono); ink, color, and metallic pigment on paper
Edo period, 1615-1868