Dipping for Goldfish, Tokyo, from the series "Twelve Scenes of Tokyo"
- Series:
- Twelve Scenes of Tokyo (print 4 of 12)
- Date:
- 1928
- Medium:
- Color woodblock print on silk
- Format:
- Oban
- Dimensions:
- 40 × 26.9 cm
- Publisher:
- Yoshida Studio
- Source:
- Art Institute of Chicago
Description
From the Twelve Scenes of Tokyo series, this 1928 print depicts children playing the traditional summer game of kingyo-sukui — goldfish scooping — using a flimsy paper net to catch goldfish from a shallow basin at a fair or market stall. The subject captures an aspect of Shitamachi Tokyo's festive street life that Yoshida observed during his city series, and printing on silk rather than the standard washi paper gives the image a luminous quality especially suited to conveying the translucence of water and the bright colors of the goldfish. The silk ground catches and diffuses the pigment differently than paper, and Yoshida exploited this difference to achieve a softness appropriate to the scene's cheerful, transient pleasures.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Dipping for Goldfish, Tokyo, from the series "Twelve Scenes of Tokyo" was created by Hiroshi Yoshida (吉田博) in 1928.
Yes — Dipping for Goldfish, Tokyo, from the series "Twelve Scenes of Tokyo" is part of the Twelve Scenes of Tokyo series (print 4 of 12) by Hiroshi Yoshida.
Dipping for Goldfish, Tokyo, from the series "Twelve Scenes of Tokyo" uses Bokashi, Nishiki-e, and Moku-hanga, on color woodblock print on silk.
Dipping for Goldfish, Tokyo, from the series "Twelve Scenes of Tokyo" was published by Yoshida Studio (1928).
Dipping for Goldfish, Tokyo, from the series "Twelve Scenes of Tokyo" depicts edo & tokyo, fish, and animals, set at Tokyo.
Dipping for Goldfish, Tokyo, from the series "Twelve Scenes of Tokyo" measures 40 × 26.9 cm (Oban format).