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魚尽くし 飛魚、 石もち、 百合
Flying Fish, Ishimochi, and Lily, from an untitled series known as Large Fish (supplemental group)
魚尽くし 飛魚、 石もち、 百合
Japanese
Edo period
about 1840–42 (Tenpô 11–13)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Horizontal ôban; 26.3 x 37.6 cm (10 1/3 x 14 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
Denman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession Number06.902
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 243, horizontal ôban #100.09; Tanba 1965, #422
DescriptionMFA impressions: 06.850, 06.902, 11.17197, 11.17198, 11.17199
The first edition of this series was privately printed in the form of a kyôka poetry album in the orihon format, with ten illustrated sheets and four sheets of text only. Soon afterward, the blocks were reused for commercial prints, with the publisher's mark and censor's kiwame seal added (and in a few cases, different poems). One additional design, the trout, was included in the commercial series; and another nine designs were added still later by a different publisher. For a full reproduction and detailed discussion of the first edition, see Mann 2021, pp. 290-311.
The first edition of this series was privately printed in the form of a kyôka poetry album in the orihon format, with ten illustrated sheets and four sheets of text only. Soon afterward, the blocks were reused for commercial prints, with the publisher's mark and censor's kiwame seal added (and in a few cases, different poems). One additional design, the trout, was included in the commercial series; and another nine designs were added still later by a different publisher. For a full reproduction and detailed discussion of the first edition, see Mann 2021, pp. 290-311.
Signed
Hiroshige ga
広重画
広重画
Marks
No censor's seal
No blockcutter's mark
Artist's seal: Ichiryûsai
改印：なし
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
Artist's seal: Ichiryûsai
改印：なし
彫師：なし
InscriptionsPoem
ProvenanceBy 1906, Denman Waldo Ross (b. 1853 – d. 1935), Cambridge, MA; March 8, 1906, gift of Denman Waldo Ross to the MFA. (Accession Date: March 8, 1906)