Catalog record · 目録番号 106156

Kuruma-Ebi- shrimps

Catalog note / 解説

Original Japanese Woodblock Print by Bafuku Ohno, 1888-1976. He was an honored painter and printmaker in Japan, a member of the Hyogo Prefecture Academy of Fine Arts. I believe this print is titled "Shrimp". It is from his famous Great Japanese Fish Picture Collection, circa 1940. This series, my limited research indicates, consists of 72 prints of fresh and saltwater fish & crustaceans. This print is in it's original mat. The actual print dimensions are 16" x 11 1/4 " . This is a gentle print, a study in muted colors of brown, blue, yellow, peach and red. Please take the time to enlarge the photos and appreciate the attention to detail taken on each shrimp. The upper body and head seem sim…

Image record / 画像情報

JAODB · 1939 · jaodb

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