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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1933.4.260
People
Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重, Japanese (1797 - 1858)
Title
Flathead (Kochi) and Eggplants (Nasubi), from the series A Shoal of Fishes (Uo-zukushi)
Other Titles
Original Language Title: 魚づくし　鯒に茄子
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
late 19th century
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, Japan
Period
Meiji era, 1868-1912
Culture
Japanese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/147058

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Technique
Woodblock print
Dimensions
horizontal ōban: H. 25.5 × W. 36.8 cm (10 1/16 × 14 1/2 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: (printed)

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
1933.4.260
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), p. 268, cat. 243C

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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