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C1830
Kochi Fish with Eggplant
Artist:
Rare, early c.19th colour woodblock of Kochi (Bartail flathead), and nasu (eggplant) by one of the most famous Japanese Ukiyo-e artists, Utagawa Hiroshige. Inscription translation: The east winds of spring / arrive, true to form, with shoals / of flathead … Read Full Description
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Full Title:
Kochi Fish with Eggplant
Date:
C1830
Artist:
Condition:
In good condition.
Technique:
Colour woodblock
Image Size:
373mm
x 255mm
Paper Size:
373mm
x 255mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1830
Description:
Rare, early c.19th colour woodblock of Kochi (Bartail flathead), and nasu (eggplant) by one of the most famous Japanese Ukiyo-e artists, Utagawa Hiroshige.
Inscription translation: The east winds of spring / arrive, true to form, with shoals / of flathead fish, / but by summer, to be sure, / you’ll find no trace of either. Yoshigaki Toshiji Flathead fish grow up / under wildly pounding waves, / so perhaps that is / why their heads no appear / completely squashed and flattened. Magaki Harutomo (trans. Alfred Haft)
From: Hiroshige, Uozukushi (Every Variety of Fish)
Published by: Nishimuraya Yohachi
Seals: Kiwame and Eijudo
Signed: Ichiryusai Hiroshige ga
Collections:
Met Museum New York: Object Number: JP3592
British Museum London: Museum number 1902,0212,0.384
Harvard Art Museum: Object Number 1933.4.260
Met Museum New York: Object Number: JP3592
British Museum London: Museum number 1902,0212,0.384
Harvard Art Museum: Object Number 1933.4.260
