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Fish Merchant Carrying Yellowtails on Horseback

Tani Bunchō

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Vertical, beige-colored artwork with a brown border. The artwork features black, Asian-style calligraphy on the top three-quarters, written vertically. The bottom quarter depicts a man on a horse. The man wears a conical hat and holds a stick. The horse is brown with a white patch on its forehead. The horse carries a load with two large fish on its back. The fish are yellow with dark stripes. The background behind the artwork is black.

Artwork details

Date:
1814
Medium:
Hanging scroll; ink and color on paper
Culture:
Japan
Dimensions:
156 × 625 px
Museum record:
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