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Collections

Katsushika Hokusai
Salt Shells1821

Not on view
Woodblock print with brick-red T-shaped tool, striped book, bonsai in blue-and-white bowl, and Japanese calligraphy on cream paper
Artist or Maker
Katsushika Hokusai
Japan, 1760-1849
Title
Salt Shells
Place Made
Japan
Date Made
1821
Period
Edo period (1603 - 1868)
Medium
Surimono; color woodblock print with brass, tin, and embossing
Dimensions
Image: 7 × 7 in. (17.78 × 17.78 cm) Sheet: 7 5/8 × 7 in. (19.37 × 17.78 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Barbara S. Bowman
Accession Number
M.2015.298.31
Classification
Prints
Collecting Area
Japanese Art
Selected Bibliography
  • Goodall, Hollis. Living for the Moment: Japanese Prints from the Barbara S. Bowman Collection. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art and DelMonico Books/Prestel, 2015.

  • Goodall, Hollis. "Living for the Moment: Japanese Prints from the Collection of Barbara S. Bowman." Arts of Asia 46, no.1 (2016): 44-52.