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潮干狩り
Gathering Shells at Low Tide
潮干狩り
Japanese
Edo period
about 1789–93 (early Kansei era)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban triptych; 37.8 x 74.4 cm (14 7/8 x 29 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
Nellie Parney Carter Collection—Bequest of Nellie Parney Carter
Accession Number34.383-5
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Hizô Ukiyo-e taikan/Ukiyo-e Masterpieces in European Collections 11, Museo d'Arte Orientale, Genoa, II (1989), pl. 43; Rijksmuseum cat. II (The Age of Utamaro, 1979), #132 (right sheet only); TNM Ukiyo-e cat. 3 (1963), #s 2510-2
DescriptionTriptych: 34.383 (right), 34.384 (center), 34.385 (left)
MFA impressions: 21.7732-4, 34.383-5
MFA impressions: 21.7732-4, 34.383-5
Signed
Toyokuni ga (on each sheet)
豊国画
豊国画
Provenance1934, bequest of Nellie Parney Carter to the MFA. (Accession Date: October 4, 1934)