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Katsushika Hokusai
Abalone1821

Not on view
Japanese woodblock print of two figures on a wooden floor — a kneeling woman in patterned kimono and a child lying on his stomach — with vertical Japanese text above

Katsushika Hokusai, Abalone, 1821, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Joan Elizabeth Tanney Bequest, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Katsushika Hokusai
Title
Abalone
Date Made
1821
Period
Edo period (1603-1868)
Medium
Color woodblock print; surimono
Dimensions
Image: 7 3/8 × 7 in. (18.73 × 17.78 cm) Sheet: 7 13/16 × 7 in. (19.84 × 17.78 cm)
Credit Line
The Joan Elizabeth Tanney Bequest
Accession Number
M.2006.136.266
Classification
Prints
Collecting Area
Japanese Art

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