Title: Picture Book of Poems on Shells (Kyōkun chūkai ehon kai kasen) 教訓註解絵本貝歌仙
Object type: Illustrated books
Date: 1748
Culture: Japan
Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
Artist:  Nishikawa Sukenobu 西川祐信 
Artist bio: Japanese, 1671–1750
Artist nationality: Japanese
Artist role: Artist
Medium: Set of three woodblock printed books; ink on paper
Dimensions: each: 8 7/8 × 6 5/16 in. (22.5 × 16 cm)
Classification: Illustrated Books
Credit line: Purchase, Mary and James G. Wallach Foundation Gift, 2013
Department: Asian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY