About This Artwork

Katsushika Hokusai
Japanese, 1760–1849

The Studio, illustration for The White Shell (Shiragai), from the series "A Matching Game with Genroku-period Poem Shells (Genroku kasen kai awase)", 1821

Color woodblock print with metallic pigments and blindprinting; surimono shikishiban
20.2 x 17.7 cm
Clarence Buckingham Collection, 1936.280