Sweetfish under Bush Clover, from an untitled series of Water Creatures

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Sweetfish under Bush Clover, from an untitled series of Water Creatures

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Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861)
Publisher: Tsujiokaya Bunsuke (Kinshôdô) (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

about 1837 (Tenpô 8)

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

Dimensions Chûtanzaku; 33.7 x 13 cm (13 1/4 x 5 1/8 in.)

Credit Line Museum of Fine Arts, Boston—Worcester Art Museum exchange, made possible through the Special Korean Pottery Fund, Museum purchase with funds donated by contribution, and Smithsonian Institution—Chinese Expedition, 1923–24

Accession Number54.312

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Suzuki 1992, #444 (uncut vertical ôban sheet)

Signed Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga
一勇斎国芳画

Marks No censor's seal
Artist's seal: Ichiyûsai

Provenance1954, by exchange from Worcester Art Museum to the MFA. (Accession Date: April 8, 1954)