The salt shell Shiogai (title on object) A comparison of Genroku poems and shells (series title) Genroku kasen kaiawase (series title on object), A box of salty cookies in the form of plum blossom. Behind it a pipe in a case and a tobacco bag with netsuke. Rear left a blue and white porcelain pot with a bonsai pine and Fukujuso. The shell to which the title refers is depicted in the fan-shaped cartouche. With one poem from Toshigaki Maharu. Katsushika Hokusai (mentioned on object), Japan, 1821, paper, colour woodcut, h 201 mm ⊙ w 176 mm.