Agate Menôseki (title on object) A series with horses (series title) Umazukushi (series title on object), In a lacquer pot filled with small stones are two branches of red coral. On the ground next to it, a rough and a polished piece of agate. With three poems. Literally translated, the Japanese title of this print means 'horse brain stone' (hence this design for this series of prints), but it means agate. From the beginning of the 19th century, poet groups held meetings where they showed each other special valuables, such as the objects in this still life, coelenterata: coral, Katsushika Hokusai (mentioned on object), Japan, 1822, paper, polishing, h 206 mm × w 180 mm
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