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Flower shell
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Flower shell

Katsushika Hokusai · 1821 · color woodcut; Japanese paper (handmade paper)

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

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Three vases, a porcelain water jug, scissors and flowers and branches for making flower arrangements (ikebana). With three poems. The shell to which the title refers is depicted in the fan-shaped cartouche.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
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surimonotea-potsamovar
Credit lineBloem schelp. 1821. Katsushika Hokusai. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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