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Black Sea Bream, Small Sea Bream, Asparagus Shoots, and Sansho Pepper, from an untitled series known as Large Fish

(Japanese, 1797–1858)
about 1832–33 (Tenpô 3–4)
Medium/TechniqueWoodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
DimensionsHorizontal ôban; 24.6 × 36 cm (9 11/16 × 14 3/16 in.)
Credit LineDenman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession number06.950
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ClassificationsPrints
InscriptionsPoems by Tomigaki Uchiyasu and Echigo Kawabukuro Kaôan hôshi (Kaôan hôshi from Kawabukuro in Echigo Province)
ProvenanceBy 1906, Denman Waldo Ross (b. 1853 – d. 1935), Cambridge, MA; March 8, 1906, gift of Denman Waldo Ross to the MFA. (Accession Date: March 8, 1906)
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Utagawa Hiroshige I
1843–47 (Tenpô 14–Kôka 4)