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The shell-matching game, from the series Essays in Idleness (Tsurezuregusa)

The shell-matching game, from the series Essays in Idleness (Tsurezuregusa) by Totoya Hokkei — Japanese Color woodblock print; shikishiban surimono, Early 1830s

The shell-matching game, from the series Essays in Idleness (Tsurezuregusa)

by Totoya Hokkei

Date:: Early 1830s
Medium:: Color woodblock print; shikishiban surimono
Source:: Art Institute of Chicago

More Prints by Totoya Hokkei

Spring Mountains, no. 2 by Totoya Hokkei

Spring Mountains, no. 2

ca. 1830

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Tsurumi by Totoya Hokkei

Tsurumi

1833

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Woman and box of poem cards by Totoya Hokkei

Woman and box of poem cards

ca. 1828

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First of the Right Group: Jewelled Branch (Migi ichiban takara no eda) by Totoya Hokkei

First of the Right Group: Jewelled Branch (Migi ichiban takara no eda)

1820s

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The shell-matching game, from the series Essays in Idleness (Tsurezuregusa) was created by Totoya Hokkei (魚屋北渓) in Early 1830s.