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Kitagawa Utamaro 喜多川歌麿 Japanese
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潮干のつと(都登)
Title: Gifts of the Ebb Tide (The Shell Book) (Shiohi no tsuto) 潮干のつと(都登)
Artist:
Kitagawa Utamaro 喜多川歌麿 (Japanese, ca. 1754–1806)
Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
Date: probably 1789
Culture: Japan
Medium: Woodblock printed book (orihon, accordion-style); ink, color, mica, and gold-leaf on paper
Dimensions: 10 11/16 × 7 9/16 in. (27.2 × 19.2 cm)
Classification: Illustrated Books
Credit Line: Purchase, Mary and James G. Wallach Family Foundation Gift, in honor of John T. Carpenter, 2013
Accession Number: 2013.897
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