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Brocade Shell (Nishikigai)
Eishiabout 1791
Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields
Indianapolis, United States
vertical chuban Three women walking, one holding a hat and another holding a folding fan, a tall lantern at left margin bears wording: (Tenno gosairei) (trimmed all around with losses at top)
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Details
- Title: Brocade Shell (Nishikigai)
- Creator: Chôbunsai Eishi, (Japanese, 1756-1827)
- Date Created: about 1791
- Series Title: untitled series of shells
- Rights: Public Domain
- Medium / Support: ink on paper, color woodblock print
- External Link: See this object at www.imamuseum.org
- Dimensions: 9-5/8 x 7-1/8 in. (image and sheet)
- Department: Asian Art
- Credit Line: Gift of Eliza M. Niblack
- Creation Period: Edo
- Accession Number: 16.939
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