KATSUSHIKA HOKUSAI (1760 - 1849)
Singing-Frog Cage and Folding Screen / The Dry-Shallows Shell
The Waterless Shell (Minasegai), from the series The Poetry-Shell Matching Game of the Genroku Era (Genroku kasen kai awase)
Woodblock printed surimono, embellished with gold pigments and mica, signed Getchirojin Iitsu hitsu, privately published, 1821
Shikishiban surimono (19.6 x 17.6 cm.)
KATSUSHIKA HOKUSAI (1760 - 1849)
Singing-Frog Cage and Folding Screen / The Dry-Shallows Shell
The Waterless Shell (Minasegai), from the series The Poetry-Shell Matching Game of the Genroku Era (Genroku kasen kai awase)
Woodblock printed surimono, embellished with gold pigments and mica, signed Getchirojin Iitsu hitsu, privately published, 1821
Shikishiban surimono (19.6 x 17.6 cm.)