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Fishes Swimming with Yellow Flowers

Keisai Eisen

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The image depicts a traditional Japanese-style artwork. The artwork features three gray fish with black heads and white bellies swimming to the left. The fish have simple line drawings for eyes and mouths. Behind the fish and on the bottom right is a cluster of yellow flowers with green leaves. The flowers have yellow centers with lines radiating outward. There are several lines of Japanese characters written in black ink on the top half. Some characters are written vertically on the left and right sides, while others are written diagonally across the center. There is a small orange seal on the right side. The background of the artwork is a light beige color with faint diagonal lines. There is a small circular seal in the bottom-left corner.

Artwork Details

Date
ca. 1830
Medium
Woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper
Culture
Japan
Dimensions
557 × 625 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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