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| Keywords: The groove shell (5758875979).jpg en <b>Accession Number </b> 1950 32 31 <b>Display Artist </b> Katsushika Hokusai <b>Display Title </b> The groove shell <b>Translation s </b> Mizogai <b>Series Title </b> A Matching Game with the Genroku Poem Shells <b>Suite Name </b> Genroku kasen kai awase <b>Creation Date </b> 1821 <b>Medium </b> Woodblock <b>Height </b> 7 13/16 in <b>Width </b> 7 in <b>Display Dimensions </b> 7 13/16 in x 7 in 19 84 cm x 17 78 cm <b>Credit Line </b> Gift of Alice Klauber <b>Label Copy </b> Children play with special round berries like marbles in this page from a surimono series commissioned for the beginning of the Year of the Snake by the Yomo Group of poets The Yomo Group was the largest organization of poets in Edo and one of the most avid sponsors of surimono sets in the early nineteenth century They selected the theme of shells for the Year of the Snake because a white snake is the companion of the goddess Benten who is worshipped at a shrine on the island of Enoshima famous for its lovely seashells A different kind of shell is cleverly referenced in each page of the set In this image the artist features the grooved shell called mizogai by depicting children playing a game in which the little balls are rolled in the grooves of a wooden threshold <b>Label Copy Spanish </b> Los nios juegan con bayas redondas especiales como canicas en esta pgina de una serie de surimono encargada para el comienzo del Ao de la Serpiente por el grupo de poetas Yomo El grupo Yomo fue la organizacin de poetas ms grande en Edo y uno de los patrocinadores ms vidos de las series de surinomo a principios del siglo XIX Seleccionaron el tema de los caracoles para el Ao de la Serpiente porque una serpiente blanca es la compaera de la diosa Benten quien es venerada en un santuario en la isla de Enoshima famosa por sus conchas hermosas Hbilmente se hace referencia a un tipo de concha en cada pgina de la serie En esta imagen el artista presenta la concha estriada llamada mizogai representando a los nios que juegan con pequeas pelotas que se ruedan en las ranuras del umbral de madera <b>Collection </b> <a href http //www sdmart org/art/our-collection/asian-art rel nofollow >The San Diego Museum of Art</a> 2007-05-10 09 16 33 https //www flickr com/photos/thesandiegomuseumofartcollection/5758875979/ Flickr en thesandiegomuseumofartcollection PD-old-100 Files from the San Diego Museum of Art to be checked Marbles in art | ||||
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