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潮干狩り
Gathering Shells at Low Tide
潮干狩り
Japanese
Edo period
about 1789–93 (early Kansei era)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban triptych; 39 x 76.3 cm (15 3/8 x 30 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.7732-4
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Hizô Ukiyo-e taikan/Ukiyo-e Masterpieces in European Collections 11, Museo d'Arte Orientale, Genoa, II (1989), pl. 43; Rijksmuseum cat. II (The Age of Utamaro, 1979), #132 (right sheet only); TNM Ukiyo-e cat. 3 (1963), #s 2510-2
DescriptionTriptych: 21.7732 (left), 21.7733 (center), 21.7734 (right)
MFA impressions: 21.7732-4, 34.383-5
MFA impressions: 21.7732-4, 34.383-5
Signed
Toyokuni ga (on each sheet)
豊国画
豊国画
ProvenanceSpring 1913, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from Frank Lloyd Wright in Japan; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.