Filefish (Kawahagi), from the series Fish of Japan (Dai Nihon gyorui gashû)

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Filefish (Kawahagi), from the series Fish of Japan (Dai Nihon gyorui gashû)

大日本魚類画集　カワハギ

Ôno Bakufû (Japanese, 1888–1976)

Japanese

Shôwa era

1937 (Shôwa 12)

Object Place: Kyoto school

Medium/Technique Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Dimensions Horizontal ôban; 28.5 x 40.4 cm (11 3/16 x 15 15/16 in.)

Credit Line Gift of L. Aaron Lebowich

Accession Number53.2037

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionThe series Dai Nihon gyorui gashû was issued once a month for a total of 72 designs, from 1937 to 1944.

Signed Bakufû (in block)
麦風

Provenance1953, gift of Louis Aaron Lebowich (b. 1880), Boston, to the MFA.