

Sweet Fishes of the Nagara River, with Baskets and Flowers
A beige background with darker beige edges. A large fish lies on its side pointing right. The body of the fish is shades of green and yellow with orange fins. On top of the fish, a brown wicker basket with pink edges points right. Green vines with oval leaves and brown four-petaled flowers are draped over the fish and basket. A pink circular object with an oval cutout lies below the tail end of the basket on the left. There are two columns of black foreign script on the left and a square block of black foreign script at the top right.
Artwork Details
- Date
- 19th century
- Medium
- Woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper
- Culture
- Japan
- Dimensions
- 600 × 453 px
- Public Domain
- Yes
- Museum Record
- View original
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