Purple shell, freshwater clams and a turban shell Murasakigai shijimi sazae (title on object) A series of shells (series title) Kaitsukushi (series title on object), A large turban shovel (sazae) with three freshwater clams and smaller shells. With two poems, molluscs (shell, snail shell etc.), Totoya Hokkei (mentioned on object), Japan, 1821, paper, colour woodcut, h 205 mm × w 178 mm

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Purple shell, freshwater clams and a turban shell Murasakigai shijimi sazae (title on object) A series of shells (series title) Kaitsukushi (series title on object), A large turban shovel (sazae) with three freshwater clams and smaller shells. With two poems, molluscs (shell, snail shell etc.), Totoya Hokkei (mentioned on object), Japan, 1821, paper, colour woodcut, h 205 mm × w 178 mm

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