About This Artwork

Katsushika Hokusai
Japanese, 1760–1849

Hanging Abalone Out to Dry, illustration for Abalone (Awabi), from the series "A Matching Game with Genroku-period Poem Shells (Genroku kasen kai awase)", 1821

Color woodblock print with metallic pigments; surimono shikishiban
19.7 x 17.7 cm
Clarence Buckingham Collection, 1925.2923