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Ditch shell
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Ditch shell

Katsushika Hokusai · 1821 · nishiki-e; paper

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

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Three girls and a boy play between open sliding doors in a room. They blow marbles over the skirting boards of the sliding door. On the veranda a feather ball and racket and a bag with marbles. The shell to which the title refers is depicted in the fan-shaped cartouche. With two poems.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Subjects
surimono(playing with) toys
Credit lineGreppel schelp. 1821. Katsushika Hokusai. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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