Title:
Abalone, sayori and blossoming peach branch, from an untitled set of ten prints of fish
Creator/Contributor:
Utagawa Hiroshige, Japanese, 1797-1858; published by Nishimuraya Yohachi (Eijudo)
Date:
1832-1834
Identifier:
1965.30.105
Format:
Oban
Full-color woodcut (nishiki-e)
10 1/4 x 14 3/4 inches
Notes:
The woodcut appeared originally in a privately published album. This is an example of the print's first commercial publication,
with the publisher's seal and without a centerfold.
References: Suzuki p. 191-192
Inscription: Recto, signed Ichiryusai Hiroshige ga at l.l.; publisher's seal at l.l.
Subject:
still lifes; abalone shell; fishes; flowers (plants)