A Man Shooting with a Blowpipe, illustration for the Conch Shell (Horagai), from the series "A Matching Game with Genroku-period Poem Shells (Genroku kasen kai awase)"

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Status

Currently Off View

Department

Arts of Asia

Artist

Katsushika Hokusai

Title

A Man Shooting with a Blowpipe, illustration for the Conch Shell (Horagai), from the series "A Matching Game with Genroku-period Poem Shells (Genroku kasen kai awase)"

Place

Japan (Artist's nationality)

Date

1821

Medium

Color woodblock print; shikishiban, surimono

Dimensions

19.3 × 17.1 cm (7 5/8 × 6 3/4 in.)

Credit Line

Purchased with funds provided by Louise Lutz

Reference Number

1985.619

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