Gifts of the Ebb Tide (The Shell Book) (Shiohi no tsuto) 潮干のつと(都登)
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- 潮干のつと(都登)
- Title: Gifts of the Ebb Tide (The Shell Book) (Shiohi no tsuto) 潮干のつと(都登)
- Artist: Kitagawa Utamaro 喜多川歌麿 (Japanese, ca. 1754–1806)
- Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
- Date: probably 1789
- Culture: Japan
- Medium: Woodblock printed book (orihon, accordion-style); ink, color, mica, and gold-leaf on paper
- Dimensions: 10 11/16 × 7 9/16 in. (27.2 × 19.2 cm)
- Classification: Illustrated Books
- Credit Line: Purchase, Mary and James G. Wallach Family Foundation Gift, in honor of John T. Carpenter, 2013
- Object Number: 2013.897
- Curatorial Department: Asian Art
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