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Langoustine as a Treasure Ship.
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Langoustine as a Treasure Ship.

Utagawa Toyohiro · 1800 - 1825 · color woodcut; blind-stamped; paper; gold powder; zilverpoeder

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

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Lobster as a ship laden with treasures of luck; bottom left gold and silver origami cranes, bottom right mythological long-haired turtles. Top left two poems. The takarabune is a New Year symbol.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Subjects
printsurimonotortoises, turtlescrustaceans: lobster
Credit lineLangoustine als takarabune.. 1800 - 1825. Utagawa Toyohiro. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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