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Sea Bream Cuisine at Ebisuya Fukubei's Restaurant (Taimen Onryori, Ebisuya Fukubei)


「鯛麺御料理 夷屋福兵衛」
Katsukawa Shunzan (Japanese, active about 1781–1801)
Japanese
Edo period

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions 22.8 x 26.2 cm (9 x 10 5/16 in.)
Credit Line Museum of Fine Arts, Boston—Worcester Art Museum exchange, made possible through the Special Korean Pottery Fund, Museum purchase with funds donated by contribution, and Smithsonian Institution—Chinese Expedition, 1923–24
Accession Number54.251
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionEbisu, the god of good fishing, stocks the garden pond of his elegant restaurant with auspicious sea bream (actually salt-water fish) as a waitress looks on approvingly. Inside the building in the distance, Fukurokuju, Hotei, and Daikoku sample the dishes.
Signed Shunzan ga
春山画
Provenance1954, by exchange from Worcester Art Museum to the MFA. (Accession Date: April 8, 1954)