潮干のつと, Gifts from the Ebb Tide (The Shell Book) (Shiohi no tsuto), Edo period (1615–1868), 1789, Japan, Polychrome woodblock printed book; ink and color on paper, 10 1/4 x 7 1/2 in. (26 x 19.1 cm), Illustrated Books, Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese, 1753?–1806), This illustrated kyōka anthology brings together thirty-six poems by thirty-six poets on the subject of thirty-six seashells. Each spread features six poems above six corresponding images of shells. This is probably the second printing of the book
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潮干のつと, Gifts, Ebb Tide, Shell Book, Shiohi no tsuto, Edo period, 1615–1868, 1789, Japan, Polychrome woodblock printed book, ink, color, paper, 10 1/4 x 7 1/2, 26 19.1 cm, Illustrated Books, Kitagawa Utamaro, Japanese, 1753?–1806, illustrated, kyōka, anthology, brings, together, thirty-six, poems, thirty-six poets, subject seashells, spread features, six, six corresponding, images, shells, second printing, book
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