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Gifts of the Ebb Tide (The Shell Book) (Shiohi no tsuto) 潮干のつと(都登)
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Gifts of the Ebb Tide (The Shell Book) (Shiohi no tsuto) 潮干のつと(都登)

probably 1789

Medium

Woodblock printed book (orihon, accordion-style); ink, color, mica, and gold-leaf on paper

Dimensions

10 11/16 × 7 9/16 in. (27.2 × 19.2 cm)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Purchase, Mary and James G. Wallach Family Foundation Gift, in honor of John T. Carpenter, 2013

Classification

Illustrated Books

Department

Asian Art

Culture

Japan

Period

Edo period (1615–1868)

Rights

Public Domain

About Kitagawa Utamaro

1753–1806Japan

Japanese, ca. 1754–1806