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Brocade shell
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Brocade shell

Katsushika Hokusai · 1821 · color woodcut; blind-stamped; paper

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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The village of Mutsuda, famous for its weeping willows, on the banks of the Yoshino river. In the foreground a ferry; in the background a mountain between mist banks. With eight poems. The shell to which the title refers is depicted in the fan-shaped cartouche.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Subjects
surimono
Credit lineBrokaat schelp. 1821. Katsushika Hokusai. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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