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Hanging scroll painting of figures gathering shellfish on a rocky shore, with a long-handled net, a sailing ship, and Mount Fuji in the distance.

Landscape: clam-gatherers on the shore

A hanging scroll mounted with brown silk borders shows figures gathering shellfish on a rocky shore beside a calm sea. Several people bend over the tide pools while one carries a long pole, and Mount Fuji rises in the distance beneath a pale sky with a sailing ship.

Artist
Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎 (1760-1849)
Date
1760-1849
Medium
Ink and color on silk
Source
Smithsonian (National Museum of Asian Art)
Size
2631 × 3999 px
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Public domain · Smithsonian (National Museum of Asian Art) releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1849).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Smithsonian Open Access)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Asian Art

Español: Recolectores de almejas en la orilla

Un rollo colgante con bordes de seda marrón muestra figuras recogiendo mariscos en una orilla rocosa junto a un mar en calma. Varias personas se inclinan sobre los charcos de marea mientras una lleva una larga vara, y el monte Fuji se alza a lo lejos bajo un cielo pálido con un barco de vela.

Português: Coletores de mariscos na praia

Um rolo vertical com bordas de seda marrom mostra figuras colhendo mariscos em uma costa rochosa ao lado de um mar calmo. Várias pessoas se curvam sobre as poças da maré enquanto uma carrega uma vara longa, e o monte Fuji se ergue ao longe sob um céu pálido com um barco à vela.

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