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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

Katsushika Hokusai, Salt Shells, 1821, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Barbara S. Bowman

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.