Title: The Willow Shell (Yanagi-kai), from an Untitled Set of Beauty Prints on the Theme of Shells
Object type: Print
Date: ca. 1791
Culture: Japan
Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
Artist:  Chōbunsai Eishi 
Artist bio: Japanese, 1756–1829
Artist nationality: Japanese
Artist role: Artist
Medium: Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Dimensions: H. 9 5/8 in. (24.4 cm); W. 7 1/16 in. (17.9 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit line: Gift of Estate of Samuel Isham, 1914
Department: Asian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Women, term: Working