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Gathering Clams at Shinagawa at Low Tide

Gathering Clams at Shinagawa at Low Tide

潮干狩り

Utagawa Toyokuni I (Japanese, 1769–1825)
Publisher: Izumiya Ichibei (Kansendô) (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

Dimensions Vertical ôban diptych; 34.7 x 47.3 cm (13 11/16 x 18 5/8 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.7477-8

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionDiptych (two sheets of incomplete triptych?): 21.7477 (left), 21.7478 (right)

Signed Toyokuni ga (on each sheet)
豊国画

Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
改印：極

ProvenancePurchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from W. L. Keane collection (#544); December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.