Picking Clams, Edo period (1615–1868), ca. 1791, Japan, Triptych of polychrome woodblock prints; ink and color on paper, 15 5/8

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Picking Clams, Edo period (1615–1868), ca. 1791, Japan, Triptych of polychrome woodblock prints; ink and color on paper, 15 5/8 x 30 5/8 in. ( x cm), Prints, Utagawa Toyokuni I (Japanese, 1769–1825), In the late eighteenth century, ukiyo-e printmakers began to create works consisting of three attached ōban ('large format') sheets of paper. Toyokuni took advantage of this layout to place figures in panoramic landscapes

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