Fishes

Seki Shūkō

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The image depicts Seki Shūkō's "Fishes". The artwork features a group of six fish swimming in water. The fish vary in size and shape. Three fish are gray with darker shading on their backs. One fish has a long, pointed snout and serrated dorsal fin, and two are smaller with more rounded bodies. The largest fish has a dorsal fin with multiple spines. The background shows rippling water with light and dark gray shading. The artwork includes a gold border around the edges. There are four lines of Japanese characters on the right side, accompanied by a red seal. The overall color palette is muted, with shades of gray and beige dominating the scene.