File:The groove shell (5758875979).jpg

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English: Accession Number: 1950.32.31

Display Artist: Katsushika Hokusai Display Title: The groove shell Translation(s): Mizogai Series Title: A Matching Game with the Genroku Poem Shells Suite Name: Genroku kasen kai awase Creation Date: 1821 Medium: Woodblock Height: 7 13/16 in. Width: 7 in. Display Dimensions: 7 13/16 in. x 7 in. (19.84 cm x 17.78 cm) Credit Line: Gift of Alice Klauber Label Copy: "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." Label Copy (Spanish): "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. "

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