Hayakawa Ayunosuke Damming the Ayukawa River in Order to Strand Fish in the Open Fields
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Format:
- Oban
- Source:
- Art of Japan
Description
The warrior Hayakawa Ayunosuke employs an ingenious stratagem — damming the Ayukawa River to strand fish in open fields — in a scene that fuses heroic ingenuity with the practical world of fishermen and water management. Kuniyoshi delights in depicting water in motion, and the image likely shows figures wading among stranded fish against a backdrop of diverted current. The subject bridges his warrior-print tradition with genre scenes of labor and natural bounty.
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Featured in Collections
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Frequently Asked Questions
Hayakawa Ayunosuke Damming the Ayukawa River in Order to Strand Fish in the Open Fields was created by Utagawa Kuniyoshi (歌川国芳).
Hayakawa Ayunosuke Damming the Ayukawa River in Order to Strand Fish in the Open Fields depicts landscapes, fish, and rivers & lakes.