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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

2024 spitzack satisfaction guaranteed cat fish woodcut print woodblock mokuhanga seattle art artist relief printmaking lino linocut by Charles Spitzack

2024 spitzack satisfaction guaranteed cat fish woodcut print woodblock mokuhanga seattle art artist relief printmaking lino linocut

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

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 by Huang Chun-yuan

Nine Fish (Jiu-yu-tu) — composition 1

九魚圖

Screen print (silkscreen) on paper

Nine Fish (Jiu-yu-tu) — composition 2 by Huang Chun-yuan

Nine Fish (Jiu-yu-tu) — composition 2

九魚圖

Screen print (silkscreen) on paper

Forest Where Blue Fish Live by Mio Asahi

Forest Where Blue Fish Live

Etching and aquatint

Star Fish Road by Mio Asahi

Star Fish Road

Color etching and aquatint

Rainbow Trout — ヤマメ by Ohno Bakufu

Rainbow Trout — ヤマメ

Woodblock print

Salmon - A (refers to His Mouth Open, Saying Ah) by Seiichi Hiroshima

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

2010

Mezzotint

Salmon for R.B. by Seiichi Hiroshima

Salmon for R.B.

2019

Color mezzotint

Sleeping Fish by Takuro Yokoo

Sleeping Fish

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

Hokusai Happy Carp by Nana Shiomi

Hokusai Happy Carp

Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Picture of Oniwakamaru observing the great carp in the pool by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi

Picture of Oniwakamaru observing the great carp in the pool

Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Carp Streamers by Tomikichiro Tokuriki

Carp Streamers

Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Tropical Fish by Nakagawa Isaku

Tropical Fish

Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Tropical Fish by Nakagawa Isaku

Tropical Fish

Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Fish by Nakagawa Isaku

Fish

Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Dried fish on a table by Toru Mabuchi

Dried fish on a table

Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Tsukiji Fish Market by Kishio Koizumi

Tsukiji Fish Market

Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Butterfly-shaped fish by Shiro Kasamatsu

Butterfly-shaped fish

Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Rocky pond with koi by Ido Masao

Rocky pond with koi

Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Ancient Fish by Hideo Hagiwara

Ancient Fish

Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Tropical fish by Hideo Hagiwara

Tropical fish

Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Fish by Ogata Gekko

Fish

Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Carp by Ogata Gekko

Carp

Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Cat and carp by Fukami Gashu

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) by Mizuno Toshikata

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 by Utagawa Toyokuni I

Gathering shell fish at low tide

c. 1789/1801

Color woodblock print; oban triptych

Cormorant Fishing by Kondō Kōichirō

Cormorant Fishing

鵜飼

Shōwa period

Ink on paper

Landscape with Fisherman Outside a Cave by Mochizuki Gyokusen

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 by Willy Seiler

Fisherman 64/190

Fish Biting at Crackers by Shibata Zeshin

Fish Biting at Crackers

ca. 1853-ca. 1860

Print

Fishing (Senadori no zu), from the series "Dutch Perspective Pictures (Oranda uki-e)" by Utagawa Toyoharu

Fishing (Senadori no zu), from the series "Dutch Perspective Pictures (Oranda uki-e)"

c. 1768

Color woodblock print; oban

Women on a Fishing Boat by Chōkōsai Eishō

Women on a Fishing Boat

c. 1780/1800

Color woodblock print; left sheet of oban triptych (right sheet: 1997.729a, center sheet: 1997.729b)

K

Kingfisher on Snowladden Reeds

1912-1936

Color woodblock print

Takeda Mechanical Device (Takeda karakuri): Haku Rakuten (Chinese: Bai Juyi) and the fisherman by Kubo Shunman

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

Courtesan Riding a Carp (parody of the Daoist Immortal Kinko [Chinese: Qin Gao]) by Nishimura Shigenaga

Courtesan Riding a Carp (parody of the Daoist Immortal Kinko [Chinese: Qin Gao])

c. 1730s

Hand-colored woodblock print; hosoban, urushi-e

Preparing Fish by Katsukawa Shunchō

Preparing Fish

c. 1780/1801

Color woodblock print; hashira-e

Young Girl Throwing Fish into Pond by Suzuki Harushige (Shiba Kōkan)

Young Girl Throwing Fish into Pond

c. 1771/72

Color woodblock print; chuban

Carp Swiming Upstream by Totoya Hokkei

Carp Swiming Upstream

early 19th century

Color woodblock print

Tea House and Fishing Farm by the Grand View of Kanto by Totoya Hokkei

Tea House and Fishing Farm by the Grand View of Kanto

early 19th century

Color woodblock print; surimono

Carp by Katsushika Taito II

Carp

c. 1830/44

Color woodblock print; section of harimaze sheet

Carp and Waterweeds by Katsushika Taito II

Carp and Waterweeds

c. early 1830s

color woodblock print

Feeding the Carp at Kameido by Isoda Koryūsai

Feeding the Carp at Kameido

c. 1771

Color woodblock print; hashira-e

Sweet Fish Fisherman by Joshua Rome

Sweet Fish Fisherman

Tools for the Carpenter by Ryūryūkyo Shinsai

Tools for the Carpenter

19th century

Part of an album of woodblock prints (surimono); ink and color on paper

Courtesan Seated on a Carp by Yashima Gakutei

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 by Ryūryūkyo Shinsai

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) by Utagawa Kunisada

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 by Komuro Suiun

Fish

Taishō–early Shōwa period (c. 1920s–1930s)

Color woodblock print (kachō-e)

Goldfish Vendor by Katsushika Hokusai

Goldfish Vendor

1800s

Woodblock print (surimono), ink and color on paper

Fishing at Iwaya on Enoshima by Kitagawa Utamaro

Fishing at Iwaya on Enoshima

c. 1790

triptych of color woodblock prints

Child Reaching for a Fishbowl by Nishimura Shigenaga

Child Reaching for a Fishbowl

c. mid 1720s

hand-colored woodblock print

Large catch while dragnet fishing at Kujukuri Beach by Takahashi Shotei

Large catch while dragnet fishing at Kujukuri Beach

Cormorant Fishing Boats by Tomita Keisen

Cormorant Fishing Boats

鵜飼図

1912

Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk

Flying Fishes by Ohno Bakufu

Flying Fishes

Dried Fish by Toru Mabuchi

Dried Fish

Goldfish by Tsuchiya Rakuzan

Goldfish

Dried Fish on the Table - 卓上干魚 by Toru Mabuchi

Dried Fish on the Table - 卓上干魚

Mt. Fuji with Cranes and Fishing Boats by Mori Kansai

Mt. Fuji with Cranes and Fishing Boats

富士に鶴漁舟図

1873

Album leaf; ink and color on silk

Goldfish by Kitagawa Utamaro

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.