About This Artwork

Katsushika Hokusai
Japanese, 1760–1849

The Toy Seller, illustration for The Fresh-water Clam (Shijimigai), from the series "A Matching Game with Genroku-period Poem Shells (Genroku kasen kai awase)", 1821

Color woodblock print with metallic pigments; surimono shikishiban
20.4 x 17.8 cm
Clarence Buckingham Collection, 1925.2927