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Akoya shell

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

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

About this work

A koto (Japanese string instrument) in protective cloth, a bamboo flute and table with New Year's decorations consisting of among others fern leaves, a crayfish and a miniature pine. The shell to which the title refers is depicted in the fan-shaped cartouche. With two poems.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description

Subjects

surimono

Credit lineAkoya schelp. 1821. Katsushika Hokusai. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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