Striped Sea Bream, Rock-trout, and Nandina, from an untitled series known as Large Fish
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Ando Hiroshige
Japanese (1797 - 1858) Primary
Striped Sea Bream, Rock-trout, and Nandina, from an untitled series known as Large Fish
1840-1842
Color woodblock
Image
10 1/2 in. x 15 3/4 in. (26.67 cm x 40.01 cm)
Bryn Mawr College
Accession Number:
SB.13
Geography:
Asia, Japan
Classification:
Fine and Visual Arts; Prints; Woodcuts
Culture/Nationality:
Japanese
Keywords
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- Asian - Refers to the cultures of the continent of Asia, which is in the eastern hemisphere, and is bounded by the Pacific Ocean, the Indian Ocean, the Arctic Ocean, and is generally considered to be delimited on the west by the Ural Mountains. It also refers to the numerous islands off the coast of Asia.
- bijinga - Paintings or prints that depict beautiful women. This term, which literally means "pictures of beautiful women," was most likely coined in the Edo period (1615-1868) or the Meiji period (1868-1912). Before this period, these pictures may have been called "onna-e" or "bijin-e".
- color woodcuts - Woodcuts that incorporate color, usually through combining a series of blocks in precise registration that have been inked with individual hues and pressed onto one support.
- Japanese - Nationality, periods, cultures, and styles found in Japan, either in historical times or in the present.
- woodcuts - Prints made using the process of woodcut, which is a relief process in which the design is cut into and printed from the plank side of a wood block; distinct from "wood engraving (process)," which is a relief process using the grain end of a wood block.
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SB.13_BMC_f_2.jpg
SB.13_BMC_f_6.jpg
Dimensions
- Image Dimensions: 10 1/2 x 15 3/4 in. (26.67 x 40.005 cm)
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