Fish Prints (244)
Fish and aquatic life in Japanese woodblock prints. From Ohno Bakufu's celebrated series of 72 fish prints to Koson's leaping carp, fish symbolize perseverance, abundance, and the bounty of Japan's surrounding seas.
Artists Known for Fish

Kingfisher on Flowering Branch

Koinobori
鯉のぼり
Aquatint

Carp Ascending Falls
late 19th century
Color woodblock print

Sea Fish
Woodblock print
Two Fish
19th century
Paper

Goldfish Scooping
金魚すくい
c. 1910
Color woodblock print

Children and Carp Streamer
鯉のぼりと子供
c. 1906
Color woodblock print

Playing Fish — 遊魚
Woodblock print

Birds and Fish
Woodblock print

Two Carp, Koi
Woodblock print

Carp and Cherry
c. 1949
Color woodblock print

Fish - C
1957
Woodblock print, ink and color on paper

Catching Goldfish (Kingyo sukui), from the series Twelve Scenes of Tokyo (Tokyo jûnidai), Shôwa period, dated 1928
Shôwa period, 1926-1989
Woodblock print

Carp under wisteria
ca. 1915

Rabbit and Fish
spring 1855
Woodblock print

Looking at the carp in a pond
Not set
Woodblock print

Fish Overland in Rain Diptych (20/40)
Woodblock print

Tsukiji fish market, from
Woodblock print

Two Fish
Woodblock print

Blow Fish Lantern No.8
Woodblock print

Leaping Carp
Woodblock print

Goldfish
c. 1928–1930
Woodblock print, ink and color on paper

Carp in Pond
c. 1928–1930
Woodblock print, ink and color on paper

Sun & Fish
c. 1980
Mezzotint, ink and color on paper

Brocade Carp from the series "Great Japanese Fish Picture Collection (Dai nihon gyorui gashu)"
1937
Color woodblock print

Brocade Carp- Higoi — ヒゴイ
Woodblock print

Catfish — なまず (Namazu)
Woodblock print

Goldfish
Woodblock print

Gonzui- Striped Catfish — ゴンズイ
Woodblock print

Squid
Woodblock print

Three Fish
Woodblock print

Hayakawa Ayunosuke Damming the Ayukawa River in Order to Strand Fish in the Open Fields
Woodblock print

Cat Watching Goldfish
金魚鉢を見つめる猫
c. 1931
Color woodblock print

Leaping Carp
跳ね鯉
c. 1926
Color woodblock print

Goldfish (Kingyo)
1958
Color woodblock print

Unknown- girl and goldfish- oban
Woodblock print

#98 tsukiji fish market
Woodblock print

Fan print- shrimp and fish
Woodblock print

Lobster
Woodblock print

Fish Boat
Woodblock print

Dipping for Goldfish, Tokyo, from the series "Twelve Scenes of Tokyo"
1928
Color woodblock print on silk

Poissons et feuilles mortes (Fish and dead leaves)
1960
Etching with aquatint, ink and color on paper

Dry fish
1967
Soft-ground etching and aquatint, ink on paper

Mitate No.26 - Carp (Koi)
2000

Playing Fish B
Woodblock print

Carp and Tortoises
after 1940
Color woodblock print

Carp
1926
Color woodblock print; oban

Carp Leaping
c. 1928–1930
Woodblock print, ink and color on paper

Cat and Goldfish
c. 1928–1930
Woodblock print, ink and color on paper

Leaping Fish
before 1912
Woodblock print, ink and color on paper

Two Carp
c. 1928–1930
Woodblock print, ink and color on paper

Ebi (shrimp) and plant leaves
c. 1930's
Woodblock print

Carp
1952
Woodcut print

Christ of the Miracle of Loaves and Fish, Shôwa period, dated 1967
Woodblock print

Totsuka : Carp Streamers
Woodblock print

Kintaro Captures the Carp (Kintaro rigyo o torau)
July 1885
Color woodblock prints; oban diptych

Lobster and Abalone
late 1880s
Woodblock print (nishiki-e), ink and color on paper

Oniwakamaru Observing the Great Carp in the Pond, from the series "New Forms of Thirty-Six Ghosts"
1889
Color woodblock print

Study of a leaping carp
19th century
Preparatory drawing for a print, ink on paper

Old Catfish (Oinamazu): Geisha Playing Samisen and Clown Imitating Catfish
Woodblock print
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Frequently Asked Questions
Fish and aquatic life in Japanese woodblock prints. From Ohno Bakufu's celebrated series of 72 fish prints to Koson's leaping carp, fish symbolize perseverance, abundance, and the bounty of Japan's surrounding seas.
Ohno Bakufu, Utagawa Hiroshige, and Katsushika Hokusai are among the artists most associated with fish in our collection. Browse the full list of artists who explored this subject above.
Hanga currently catalogues 244 prints tagged with fish, spanning ukiyo-e, shin-hanga, and sōsaku-hanga traditions where applicable.





