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魚尽くし 鮎
Trout, from an untitled series known as Large Fish
魚尽くし 鮎
Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1832–33 (Tenpô 3–4)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Horizontal ôban; 24.2 x 35.6 cm (9 1/2 x 14 in.)
Credit Line
William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.9609
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Menegazzo, Hiroshige: Visioni dal Giappone (2018), #III.2; Ôta Mem. Mus., Hiroshige kachôga ten (1998), #122; Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 243, horizontal ôban #91.11; Tanba 1965, #92
DescriptionMFA impressions: 06.844, 11.17171, 21.9609
No publisher's mark on this impression.
The first edition of this series was privately printed in the form of a kyôka poetry album in the orihon format, with ten illustrated sheets and four sheets of text only. Soon afterward, the blocks were reused for commercial prints, with the publisher's mark and censor's kiwame seal added (and in a few cases, different poems). One additional design, the trout, was included in the commercial series; and another nine designs were added still later by a different publisher. For a full reproduction and detailed discussion of the first edition, see Mann 2021, pp. 290-311.
No publisher's mark on this impression.
The first edition of this series was privately printed in the form of a kyôka poetry album in the orihon format, with ten illustrated sheets and four sheets of text only. Soon afterward, the blocks were reused for commercial prints, with the publisher's mark and censor's kiwame seal added (and in a few cases, different poems). One additional design, the trout, was included in the commercial series; and another nine designs were added still later by a different publisher. For a full reproduction and detailed discussion of the first edition, see Mann 2021, pp. 290-311.
Signed
Hiroshige hitsu
広重筆
広重筆
InscriptionsPoem by Harusono Seishi: Aki no ame/ furite mo mizu no/ kage kiyoku/ sabi mo miezaru/ Tamagawa no ayu
ProvenanceSpring 1913, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from Frank Lloyd Wright in Japan; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.