Carp (Koi), from the series An Assortment of Fish (Uo tsukushi)

「魚つくし　鯉（こひ）」

Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Publisher: Tsujiya Yasubei (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

about 1835–39 (Tenpō 6–10)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

Dimensions Horizontal chūban; 17.2 x 22.9 cm (6 3/4 x 9 in.)

Credit Line Chinese and Japanese Special Fund and the William Sturgis Bigelow Collection

Accession Number50.663

NOT ON VIEW

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Ukiyo-e shūka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 237, horizontal chūban #2.7; the series: Tanba 1965, #426

Signed Hiroshige ga
広重画

ProvenanceBy exchange, Chinese and Japanese Special Fund and the Bigelow Collection. (Accession date: April 13, 1950)