Portrait of a man with dark hair pulled back, wearing a blue patterned robe with a large fish design on the back. He has a handle visible at his side. The background fades from orange at the top to green at the bottom. There are Japanese characters in black at the top and a vertical orange rectangle with Japanese characters on the right side. A small red seal is in the bottom-left corner. The image has a thin blue border and is set against a gray background.
Artwork Details
- Date
- 1841
- Medium
- Woodblock print (nishiki-e), ink and color on paper; vertical chūban
- Culture
- Japan
- Dimensions
- 452 × 624 px
- Public Domain
- Yes
- Museum Record
- View original
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