Ono Bakufu
Flying Fish

Flying Fish
Flying Fish
Flying Fish
ArtistJapanese, 1888–1976
PublisherJapanese, 1935–1988
CultureJapanese
Titles
  • Flying Fish
  • Tobiuo
  • from the series Familiar Fishes of Nippon (Dai Nihon gyorui gashu)
Date1935–1938
Printed inJapan
MediumWoodblock print; ink, color, and mica on paper
DimensionsBlock: 10 5/8 × 15 1/2 in. (27 × 39.4 cm)
Sheet: 11 1/16 × 15 7/8 in. (28.1 × 40.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of Stephen Hamilton in memory of Leslie A. Hamilton
Object number2010.203
Non exposé

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Department
Asian Art
Object Type
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Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Recto: signed in ink, in image, upper right edge: [artist name]
Paper folder: printed in ink: "THE ART OF JAPAN / Ono Bakufu (1888- 1976) \ Series: Art Portfolio of Familiar Fishes of Nippon \ Title: Flying Fishes \ Date: 1938 \ Publ: Kyoto Hanga in \ ... \ 10092479 \ seh-1009 \ $1,450.00"
Recto: signed in ink, in image, upper right edge: [artist name]
Recto: printed in red, in image, upper right edge: [artist seal]
Recto: printed in red, in image, lower right edge: [seal]
Recto: printed in black, in image, lower right edge: [seal, possibly publisher information or series information]

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