Flying fish (tobiuo) and white croaker (ishimochi), from the second series of fish prints

Object Details

• Artist

  Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重 (1797-1858)

• Provenance

  To 2008

  Richard Kruml, London. [1]

  2008

  Dr. John Fuegi, purchased from Richard Kruml, London. [2]

  From 2008

  Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Dr. John Fuegi. [3]

  Notes:

  [1] See Curatorial Remark 3 in the object record.

  [2] See note 1.

  [3] See Curatorial Remark 1 in the object record.

• Collection

  Freer Gallery of Art Collection

• Exhibition History

  Bountiful Waters: Aquatic Life in Japanese Art (March 8 to September 14, 2014)

• Previous custodian or owner

  Richard Kruml

  Dr. John Fuegi

• Origin

  Japan

• Credit Line

  Gift of John Fuegi and Jo Francis

• Type

  Print

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• Name

  Kruml, Richard, Fuegi, John

• Place

  Japan

• Topic

  Art, Fishes, Edo period, Japan, (1600 - 1868), Japanese Art, Ukiyo-e, Poetry

• Culture

  Japanese

• Object Type

  Prints