Art Institute of Chicago
The shell-matching game, from the series Essays in Idleness (Tsurezuregusa)
Totoya Hokkei
- Date
- Early 1830s
- Medium
- Color woodblock print; shikishiban surimono
- Culture
- Japan
- Department
- Arts of Asia
- Institution
- Art Institute of Chicago
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- Object type
- AAT300041273
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