$1,000–$8,000. Common fish prints: $1,000–$2,500. Key value factors: The 'Great Japanese Fish' series is his signature work and most collected. Individual fish prints vary in desirability. Complete sets are rare.
The Flounder (Karei; Paralichthys olivaceus) is one of Japan's most commercially important flatfish, prized for its delicate white flesh and featured in sashimi restaurants throughout the country. Its distinctively asymmetric form — both eyes migrating to one side during development, the body lying flat on the seafloor — presented Bakufu with an unusual compositional challenge that he resolved through careful rendering of the fish's characteristic flattened profile and the mottled camouflage of its upper surface.
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Flounder was created by Ohno Bakufu (大野麦風).
Flounder depicts fish and still life.
