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
Carp (Koi)
Woodblock print
Goldfish farm
n.d.
Color woodblock print; nagaban, surimono
Two Women and a Child Beside a Goldfish Tank
c. 1800
color woodblock print
Abalone (Awabi), Halfbeak (Sayori) and Peach (Momo), from the series A Shoal of Fishes (Uozukushi)
19th century
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Bonito and saxifrage, from an untitled series of fish
c. 1832/33
Color woodblock print; oban, trimmed
Koi and Cherry
Lithograph
Moon and Koi
Lithograph
Ayu - 鮎
Woodblock print
Autumn Moon of the Jewel River, View of Fishermen Catching Sweetfish (Tamagawa shugetsu, Tamagawa ayukumi no zu), from the series "Eight VIews of Famous Places (Meisho hakkei)"
c. 1833/34
Color woodblock print; oban
Red Seabream (Madai) and Japanese Pepper Leaves (Sanshō), from the series A Shoal of Fishes (Uozukushi)
19th century
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
The actor Nakamura Utaemon IV as the fisherman Fukashichi, actually Kanawa Goro Imakuni (Ryoshi Fukashichi jitsu wa Kanawa Goro Imakuni)
c. 1847/52
Color woodblock print; oban
Bakufu Ohno Familiar Fishes Of Nippon Ugui
Woodblock print
Huam Carp07905
Woodblock print
Shrimps
1939
Color woodblock print
Eels
Woodblock print
Untitled (kishio-koizumi)
Woodblock print
Char Fishing in the rocks
Woodblock print
Go Go Koinobori (Daisuke)
18/155, 2008
Woodblock print
Untitled (okumura-koichi)
Woodblock print
Okumura, Koichi
Woodblock print
Mitate No.18 - Wheel (Kuruma-zaka)
1999
Sakai Koichi
Woodblock print
Koichi Maeda (b. 1936)
Woodblock print
Huam Carp07543
Woodblock print
Fishes in drinking glass
Woodblock print
Gold Fishes
Woodblock print
Carp ascending waterfall
19th century
Ebisu (29/40)
Woodblock print
Huam Carp07721
Woodblock print
White Flounder
Woodblock print
Bera — ベラ
Woodblock print
Fishmonger
Woodblock print
Dried anchovies
Woodblock print
Red Snapper Underwater
n.d.
Color woodblock print
Sardines
Woodblock print
Crayfish
c.1920
Kawahagi — カワハギ
Woodblock print
Snapper- Tai — マダヒ
Woodblock print
Ainame- Greenlings
Woodblock print
Stingray
Woodblock print
Fishes (Sakana)
1958
Color woodblock print; edition 17/50
La Peche Miraculeuse. Izu, Japon (The Miraculous Catch. Izu, Japan)
1939
Woodblock print
Flounder
Woodblock print
Mahaze — マハゼ
Woodblock print
Sayori- Japanese Needlefish — サヨリ
Woodblock print
Unknown 5
Woodblock print
Kumadori (Namazu)
Artist Proof, 2002
Woodblock print
Fishes in drinking glass
Woodblock print
Fugu — フグ
Woodblock print
Ugui — ウグヒ
Woodblock print
Whiteing — キス
Woodblock print
Battle of the Kappa and Prawn (red)
Ink painting
Christ of the Miracle of Loaves and Fish
Woodblock print
La Peche Miraculeuse, Izu Japon
Woodblock print
Prawn
2012
Water-based woodcut on Japanese paper
Embrace the Fish
Moku Hanga
Aigrette and Two Fish
977
Two etchings with aquatint in colours on BFK Rives wove
Mermaid and Big Fish
2025
2025 Unique, Drypoint and relief print on Japanese paper H43 x W36 cm (framed dimensions)
Mermaid and Merchild with Ring of Fish
2025
2025 Unique, drypoint and relief print on Japanese paper H43 x W36 cm (framed dimensions)
Goldfish
2006
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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.