Night fishing at Kanazawa in Kaga Province — the Sai River flowing through the castle town that is modern Kanazawa City — is depicted in this print with the warm, scattered light of fishing fires (isaribi) reflecting on the dark water. The Japanese title 加賀金沢犀川夜の漁火 is topographically precise: the Sai River, the specific location, and the particular practice of fire fishing that drew nets and cormorants to its banks at night. The composition echoes Kiyochika's Tokyo nocturne vocabulary transplanted to a provincial setting.
Wakasa Kugushiko
1920
Color woodblock print; oban
Woodblock print
1934
Color woodblock print; oban
n.d.
Woodblock print; ishizuri-e, section of harimaze sheet
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Night fishing at Kanazawa in Kaga Province — 加賀金沢犀川夜の漁火 was created by Kobayashi Kiyochika (小林清親).
Night fishing at Kanazawa in Kaga Province — 加賀金沢犀川夜の漁火 depicts landscapes and night scenes, set at Kanazawa.
