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Gathering of objects including the corner of a Japanese screen on left, open book, and screened container on right.

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

Prints