Catalog record · 目録番号 68890

Cormorant Fishing on Nagaragawa

鵜飼（長良川）

Artist / 作者: Kawase Hasui川瀬巴水
Date / 年代: 1954
Medium / 技法: 浮世絵 / Ukiyo-e / Showa / jaodb
Digital image / 画像: 1200 × 820 px
Published by / 公開者: 水野ナギ

Catalog note / 解説

Title Cormorant Fishing (commemorative edition) Artist Hasui Kawase 1883-1957 Biography Short Biography Signature Hasui Seal sui Dated 1954 Publisher Watanabe Technique/Medium Woodblock print. Description "U-kai, Nagara-gawa" Fishermen has been using cormorant for fishing on Nagara River since 7th Century. The cormorant swallows small fish, which are attracted by the torch fire. The fisherman tugs the rope attached to the collar on the cormorant to prevent the fish go farther down the cormorant's throat. Later, he makes the bird regurgitates the fish into his basket. Format Oban yoko-e Width 15.6 inches = 39.5 cm Height 10.4 inches = 26.5 cm

Image record / 画像情報

JAODB · 1954 · jaodb

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