The pillow shell Makuragai (title on object) A comparison of Genroku poems and shells (series title) Genroku kasen kaiawase (series title on object); A still life with a wooden pillow with softer material on top. In the opened drawer a cup of sand; used to burn incense. Under the wooden cushion a print with the image of the Ship full of Treasures; with which the seven lucky gods on New Year's Day sail into the harbor. In the foreground a round box. Placing an image of the Ship full of Treasures under the pillow at the start of the new year would create a dream about the lucky symbols: Mount Fuji; a falcon and aubergines; the most fortunate dream possible. These lucky symbols are also hidden in the surimono itself: the pillow depicts the Fuji; with the white pillow as a snowy top; Fuji; a falcon and two aubergines are depicted on the label of the round box; which contains preserved pieces of aubegines. With two poems; pillow; Katsushika Hokusai (mentioned on object); Japan; 1821; paper; colour woodcut; h 206 mm x w 181 mm