Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858)
Horse Mackerel, Freshwater Prawns, and Seaweed, from the untitled series of Large Fish, circa 1832–33
Woodblock print
Signed: Ichiryusai Hiroshige ga
Publisher: Eijudo (no publisher's seal on this impression), mica on the fish and prawns
Signed: Ichiryusai Hiroshige ga
Publisher: Eijudo (no publisher's seal on this impression), mica on the fish and prawns
Horizontal oban:
24.3 x 36.2 cm. (9 5/8 x 14 1/4 in.)
24.3 x 36.2 cm. (9 5/8 x 14 1/4 in.)
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The poem reads: Chiisaku o Saimaki to iu Kuruma-ebi Shibaura ni koso Tsumite okurame (1) --- by Toshinosha Tomiharu Shiba was the location of an important prawn industry and saimaki...
The poem reads:
Chiisaku o
Saimaki to iu
Kuruma-ebi
Shibaura ni koso
Tsumite okurame (1)
--- by Toshinosha Tomiharu
Shiba was the location of an important prawn industry and saimaki is the smallest type of tiger prawn.
1. For the poem translation and further reading see H. George Mann, Sixty Years with Japanese Prints, (USA, 2021), cat. no. 118.10, p. 302-3
Other impressions in museum collections:
The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, accession no. 11.17182, go to:
https://collections.mfa.org/objects/210257
The British Museum, London, museum no. 1902,0212,0.385, go to:
https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/A_1902-0212-0-385