The ditch shell Mizogai (title on object) A comparison of Genroku poems and shells (series title) Genroku kasen kaiawase (series title on object), Three girls and a boy play between open sliding doors in a departure. They blow marbles over the baseboards of the sliding door. On the veranda a feather ball and racket and a bag with marbles. The shell to which the title refers is depicted in the fan-shaped cartouche. With two poems, (playing with) toys, Katsushika Hokusai (mentioned on object), Japan, 1821, paper, h 199 mm ⊙ w 176 mm.