Fish Prints (241)
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

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Salmon-Crested Cockatoo (ôbatan ômu), from the series At the Zoological Garden (Dobutsuen), Taishô period, dated 1926
Woodblock print

Nine Fish (Jiu-yu-tu) — composition 1
九魚圖
Screen print (silkscreen) on paper

Nine Fish (Jiu-yu-tu) — composition 2
九魚圖
Screen print (silkscreen) on paper

Forest Where Blue Fish Live
Etching and aquatint

Star Fish Road
Color etching and aquatint

Rainbow Trout — ヤマメ
Woodblock print

Salmon - A (refers to His Mouth Open, Saying Ah)
2010
Mezzotint

Salmon for R.B.
2019
Color mezzotint

Sleeping Fish
Lithography (stone, photo-plate, chine-collé)

Hokusai Happy Carp
Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Picture of Oniwakamaru observing the great carp in the pool
Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Carp Streamers
Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Tropical Fish
Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Tropical Fish
Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Fish
Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Dried fish on a table
Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Tsukiji Fish Market
Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Butterfly-shaped fish
Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Rocky pond with koi
Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Ancient Fish
Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Tropical fish
Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Fish
Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Carp
Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Cat and carp
Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Sasaki Moritsuna Asking Fisherman to Reveal the Shallows Where His Troops can Cross and Attack the Taira Forces at Fujito in Bizen Province (Sasaki Moritsuna Bizen no kuni Fujito no watari ni Heigun o osowanto gyojin ni mizu no senshin o tou zu)
1884
Color woodblock print; oban triptych

Gathering shell fish at low tide
c. 1789/1801
Color woodblock print; oban triptych
Cormorant Fishing
鵜飼
Shōwa period
Ink on paper

Landscape with Fisherman Outside a Cave
洞窟漁夫山水図
late 19th–early 20th century
Hanging scroll; ink and light color on silk

Fisherman 64/190

Fish Biting at Crackers
ca. 1853-ca. 1860

Fishing (Senadori no zu), from the series "Dutch Perspective Pictures (Oranda uki-e)"
c. 1768
Color woodblock print; oban

Women on a Fishing Boat
c. 1780/1800
Color woodblock print; left sheet of oban triptych (right sheet: 1997.729a, center sheet: 1997.729b)
Kingfisher on Snowladden Reeds
1912-1936
Color woodblock print

Takeda Mechanical Device (Takeda karakuri): Haku Rakuten (Chinese: Bai Juyi) and the fisherman
c. early 19th century
Color woodblock print; shikishiban sheet from an album, surimono
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Courtesan Riding a Carp (parody of the Daoist Immortal Kinko [Chinese: Qin Gao])
c. 1730s
Hand-colored woodblock print; hosoban, urushi-e

Preparing Fish
c. 1780/1801
Color woodblock print; hashira-e

Young Girl Throwing Fish into Pond
c. 1771/72
Color woodblock print; chuban

Carp Swiming Upstream
early 19th century
Color woodblock print

Tea House and Fishing Farm by the Grand View of Kanto
early 19th century
Color woodblock print; surimono

Carp
c. 1830/44
Color woodblock print; section of harimaze sheet

Carp and Waterweeds
c. early 1830s
color woodblock print

Feeding the Carp at Kameido
c. 1771
Color woodblock print; hashira-e

Sweet Fish Fisherman

Tools for the Carpenter
19th century
Part of an album of woodblock prints (surimono); ink and color on paper

Courtesan Seated on a Carp
19th century
Woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper

Large and Small Fish Swimming Among Shells and Moss at the Bottom of the Sea
ca. 1830
Woodblock print (surimono); 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

Fish
魚
Taishō–early Shōwa period (c. 1920s–1930s)
Color woodblock print (kachō-e)

Goldfish Vendor
1800s
Woodblock print (surimono), ink and color on paper

Fishing at Iwaya on Enoshima
c. 1790
triptych of color woodblock prints

Child Reaching for a Fishbowl
c. mid 1720s
hand-colored woodblock print

Large catch while dragnet fishing at Kujukuri Beach

Cormorant Fishing Boats
鵜飼図
1912
Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk

Flying Fishes

Dried Fish

Goldfish

Dried Fish on the Table - 卓上干魚

Mt. Fuji with Cranes and Fishing Boats
富士に鶴漁舟図
1873
Album leaf; ink and color on silk

Goldfish
c. 1794/95
Color woodblock print; oban
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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 241 prints tagged with fish, spanning ukiyo-e, shin-hanga, and sōsaku-hanga traditions where applicable.





