Cranes on the Seashore/The Reed Shell (Ashigai), 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 "shikishi" format; ink, color, gold, metallic pigment, and embossing on paper, with printed signature reading "Getchi Rōjin I-itsu hitsu"

Edo period, 1615-1868