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Title	"Abalone"
Artist	Katsushika Hokusai
Date	1821
Institution	Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Location	Not on view.

Medium:

Prints, Print | Color woodblock print

Size:

8 1/8 x 7 1/8 in. (20.6 x 18.1 cm) (image, sheet)

Creation Place:

Asia, Japan

Culture:

Asia, Japan

Style:

19th century, Edo period

Inscriptions:

Avoinding bad luckfisherman who makes auspicious dried-abalonedon't ever say "shi" [death].Working under the glittering sunhow fortunate to have such a life.Sono imai/ shi no ji kiro_ te/ noshi-awabiuchikaeshi hosu/ ama kaitonamiby Tsukihana no NagameMaking dried-abalone by hanging it ona hazy net.What a wonderful warm spring day!Noshi-awabi/ kasumi no ami ni/ kakete hosuhikagen mo yoki/ haru no urarasaby Yamamichi no NuimeA wife and husbandall by themselvesmaking dried-abalone.Like dried-abalone stripsthey'll never break apart.Mizu irazu/ meoto kasegi no/ noshi-awabifuta-michi kakenu/ naka zo mutsuma jiby Kado no MarumeMists in the netshave vanished.Let's start making dried-abalone!Here comes the spring lightlooking like a abalone's pearl.Ami no me no/ kasumi mo hare te/ noshi ni suruawabi shunju no/ tama no haruke kiKannintei NijinariMoss on rocksbecomes greener in spring.Let's commemorate lifeby sending dried-abalone strips.It is a neccessary part of the celebration.Haru wa nao/ kokemusu iwao/ shu_gi niwatusite hanare nu/ uchiawabi kanaby Shu_cho_do_ Monoyana Getchi ro-jin Iitsu hitsu

Physical Description:

nishiki-e, surimono

Credit:

Collection Minneapolis Institute of Arts; Gift of Louis W. Hill Jr.

Accession Number:

P.75.51.264

Artist:

Hokusai Katsushika, Japanese, 1760 - 1849

Role:

Artist

Nationality:

Japanese

Life Dates:

Japanese, 1760 - 1849

Added to Site:

February 28, 2009

"Abalone"

Katsushika Hokusai

1821