Title: Gifts of the Ebb Tide (The Shell Book) (Shiohi no tsuto) 潮干のつと(都登)
Object type: Illustrated book
Date: probably 1789
Culture: Japan
Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
Artist:  Kitagawa Utamaro 喜多川歌麿 
Artist bio: Japanese, ca. 1754–1806
Artist nationality: Japanese
Artist role: Artist
Medium: Woodblock printed book (orihon, accordion-style); ink, color, mica, and gold-leaf on paper
Dimensions: 10 11/16 × 7 9/16 in. (27.2 × 19.2 cm)
Classification: Illustrated Books
Credit line: Purchase, Mary and James G. Wallach Family Foundation Gift, in honor of John T. Carpenter, 2013
Department: Asian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Women, term: Shells