Trout, from an untitled series known as Selection of Fish
Brooklyn Museum photograph
Caption
Utagawa Hiroshige (Japanese, 1797–1858). Trout, from an untitled series known as Selection of Fish, ca. 1832–1833. Color woodblock print on paper, 9 3/4 x 14 7/16 in. (24.8 x 36.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Bequest of Dr. Eleanor Z. Wallace, 2007.31.10. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)
Gallery
Not on view
Collection
Gallery
Not on view
Collection
Artist
Title
Trout, from an untitled series known as Selection of Fish
Portfolio
Date
ca. 1832–1833
Period
Edo Period
Geography
Place made: Japan
Medium
Color woodblock print on paper
Classification
Dimensions
9 3/4 x 14 7/16 in. (24.8 x 36.7 cm)
Signatures
Hiroshige hitsu
Inscriptions
Inscription information provided by the British Museum: Inscription content: 秋の雨 ふりても水の かけきよく さひはみえさる 玉川の鮎. 春園静枝 Inscription transliteration: Aki no ame / furite mo mizu no / kage kiyoku / sabi wa miezaru / tamagawa no ayu Harusono Shizue (?) Inscription translation: Although autumn rains / are falling, their figures in the water / remain crystal clear / and without any blemish: / the salmon of the Jewel River. Harusono Shizue (reading of name?) (Trans. Alfred Haft)
Markings
Publisher: Nishimuraya Yohachi (Eijudō). Censor's seal: kiwame.
Credit Line
Bequest of Dr. Eleanor Z. Wallace
Accession Number
2007.31.10
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