1933.4.260: Flathead (Kochi) and Eggplants (Nasubi), from the series A Shoal of Fishes (Uo-zukushi)
Prints
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1933.4.260
- People
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Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重, Japanese (1797 - 1858)
- Title
- Flathead (Kochi) and Eggplants (Nasubi), from the series A Shoal of Fishes (Uo-zukushi)
- Other Titles
- Original Language Title: 魚づくし 鯒に茄子
- Classification
- Prints
- Work Type
- Date
- late 19th century
- Places
- Creation Place: East Asia, Japan
- Period
- Meiji era, 1868-1912
- Culture
- Japanese
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/147058
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
- Technique
- Woodblock print
- Dimensions
- horizontal ōban: H. 25.5 × W. 36.8 cm (10 1/16 × 14 1/2 in.)
- Inscriptions and Marks
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- Signed: (printed)
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of the Friends of Arthur B. Duel
- Accession Year
- 1933
- Object Number
- 1933.4.260
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Publication History
- Robert T. Singer and Kawai Masatomo, ed., The Life of Animals in Japanese Art, exh. cat., National Gallery of Art (Princeton, 2019), p. 268, cat. 243C
Exhibition History
- The Life of Animals in Japanese Art, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 06/02/2019 - 08/18/2019
Verification Level
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