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Gifts of the Ebb Tide (The Shell Book) (Shiohi no tsuto) 潮干のつと(都登)

Creator Name

Kitagawa Utamaro 喜多川歌麿

Cultural Context

Japan

Date

probably 1789

About the Work

Metropolitan Museum of Art Object Description
Illustrated book

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Title

Gifts of the Ebb Tide (The Shell Book) (Shiohi no tsuto) 潮干のつと(都登)

Creator

Kitagawa Utamaro 喜多川歌麿, Japanese, ca. 1754–1806, Artist

Worktype

Illustrated Books

Cultural Context

Japan

Material

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);
height: 27.2centimetre;
width: 19.2centimetre

Technique

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Language

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Date

probably 1789

Provenance

Purchase, Mary and James G. Wallach Family Foundation Gift, in honor of John T. Carpenter, 2013

Style Period

Edo period (1615–1868)

Rights

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Public Domain

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Subjects

Shells; Women

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Kitagawa Utamaro 喜多川歌麿, Gifts of the Ebb Tide (The Shell Book) (Shiohi no tsuto) 潮干のつと(都登), probably 1789, Metropolitan Museum of Art. Public Domain.

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