The Shell Merchant Zenkichi Remembering His Encounter with Kameshiro

Printmaker Utagawa Yoshitoyo (Japanese, 1854–1857)

Datemid 1850s

Place createdJapan, Asia

Mediumcolor woodcut triptych

DimensionsSheet: 9 7/8 × 21 11/16 in. (25.1 × 55.1 cm)

ClassificationsPrints

DepartmentPrints

Credit LineBequest of Virginia H. Irwin

Accession Number1963.928.29-31

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