Lost-love shell (Katashigai)

Katsushika Hokusai
Japan
1760 – 1849

Lost-love shell (Katashigai)
from the series A shell-matching game with Genroku thirty-six linked verses (Genroku kasen kai-awase)
1821
colour woodblock print (nishiki-e) on paper
Place made
Edo (Tokyo)
Medium
colour woodblock print (nishiki-e) on paper
Dimensions
19.0 x 17.8 cm (image & sheet)
Credit line
Gift of Brian and Barbara Crisp in memory of their son Andrew 2005
Accession number
20054G39
Signature and date
Signed, printed in block, l.r. "Getchirojin Iitsu hitsu (the old man mad about the moon, one year old again)". Not dated.
Media category
Print
Collection area
Asian art - Japan