Flying Fish (Tobiuo), White Croaker (Ishimochi) and Lily (Yuri), from the series A Shoal of Fishes (Uozukushi)

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1933.4.266
People: Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重, Japanese (1797 - 1858)
Title: Flying Fish (Tobiuo), White Croaker (Ishimochi) and Lily (Yuri), from the series A Shoal of Fishes (Uozukushi)
Other Titles: Original Language Title: 魚づくし　飛魚・石もちに百合
Classification: Prints
Work Type: print
Date: 19th century
Places: Creation Place: East Asia, Japan
Period: Edo period, 1615-1868
Culture: Japanese
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/208559

Physical Descriptions

Medium: Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Technique: Woodblock print
Dimensions: horizontal ōban: H. 25.4 × W. 36.7 cm (10 × 14 7/16 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of the Friends of Arthur B. Duel
Accession Year: 1933
Object Number: 1933.4.266
Division: Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact: am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Publication History

Robert T. Singer and Kawai Masatomo, ed., The Life of Animals in Japanese Art, exh. cat., National Gallery of Art (Princeton, 2019), pp. 268-269, cat. 243E

Exhibition History

The Life of Animals in Japanese Art, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 06/02/2019 - 08/18/2019

Verification Level

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