Trout, from an untitled series known as Selection of Fish

Utagawa Hiroshige

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. No known copyright restrictions (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 2007.31.10_IMLS_PS3.jpg)

Title

Trout, from an untitled series known as Selection of Fish

Date

ca. 1832–1833

Period

Edo Period

Geography

Place made: Japan

Medium

Color woodblock print on paper

Classification

Print

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

Rights

No known copyright restrictions

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