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Sweet Fishes of the Nagara River, with Baskets and Flowers

Ryūryūkyo Shinsai

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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
Museum record:
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