Utagawa Yoshitsuya. Waves off Shinagawa / Fan print, 1849.

Artist: Utagawa Yoshitsuya [歌川芳艶] (Japanese, 1822 – 1866).

Publisher: Kojimaya Jūbei [小島屋重兵衛] (Japanese, c. 1797 – 1869).

Date seal and double nanushi censor seals: Kunigasa & Yoshimura, Kōka 5 (1849).

Signed: Ichieisai Yoshitsuya ga [英斎芳艶画] in a red double gourd cartouche.

Two men are fishing with a net off the coast of Shinagawa, in the Edo Bay.

Collection	Japanese prints and drawings
Type or purpose	Fan, Woodblock print
Period	19 AD, Edo Period (1603 – 1868), Kōka era [弘化] (12/1844 – 2/1848), Mid-19th century
Country	Japan
Media	Ink and color on paper, Woodblock print (nishiki-e)
Size	Fan print. Uchiwa-e
Subject	Everyday life, Shinagawa [品川], Social life and customs, Waves
School	Utagawa (歌川)
Artist	Utagawa Yoshitsuya [歌川芳艶] (1822 – 1866)
Publisher	Kojimaya Jūbei [小島屋重兵衛] (Japanese, c. 1797 – 1869)
Publishing year	1849, Kōka 5
Acquisition year	2018

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