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Fishes Swimming

Seki Shūkō

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The image depicts a painting of three fish swimming. The fish are gray with light-colored bellies. The fish at the top of the image faces left and slightly toward the viewer; the fish below it on the left faces left; and the fish at the bottom faces left. The background of the painting resembles water, with wavy gray lines. On the right side of the image, there is a vertical line of black Japanese characters, with two red Japanese characters below them. The painting has a beige background with a brown border.

Artwork Details

Date
ca. 1890–92
Medium
Album leaf; ink and color silk
Culture
Japan
Dimensions
472 × 625 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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