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魚尽くし 鯉
Carp, from an untitled series known as Large Fish (supplemental group)
魚尽くし 鯉
Japanese
Edo period
about 1840–42 (Tenpô 11–13)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Horizontal ôban; 25 x 36.5 cm (9 13/16 x 14 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.9616
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Menegazzo, Hiroshige: Visioni dal Giappone (2018), #III.7; Ôta Mem. Mus., Hiroshige kachôga ten (1998), #121; Honolulu 1991, p. 124, #VI-9; Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 243, horizontal ôban #100.05; Tanba 1965, #424
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.17179, 11.17180, 21.9616
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.
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
Marks
No censor's seal
No blockcutter's mark
Artist's seal: Ichiryûsai
改印：なし
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
Artist's seal: Ichiryûsai
改印：なし
彫師：なし
InscriptionsPoem: Matsu tsui ni/ kumoi no tatsu to/ narinubeshi/ kawase o noboru/ koi no ikioi
ProvenanceFormerly in the collection of Frank Lloyd Wright; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.