Clam Shells

Arts of Asia

1860s

Yabu Chosui
Japanese, 1814-about 1870

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Arts of Asia

Artist: Yabu Chosui
Title: Clam Shells
Place: Japan (Artist's nationality:)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: 1860
Medium: Color woodblock print; surimono
Inscriptions: Signature Shunsui, sealed Suigetsu.
Dimensions: 24.7 × 18.4 cm (9 3/4 × 7 1/4 in.)
Credit Line: Charles H. Mitchell Collection unrestricted gift
Reference Number: 1972.1510
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Charles H. Mitchell (1910-1986), Tokyo; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1972.

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