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[Chinese fishmarket] family photo
Photo provided courtesy of the United States Library of Congress.

[Chinese fishmarket]

[Chinese fishmarket]
1 print (2 pages) : woodcut, color.
Ukiyo-e print illustration shows fishermen discussing the catch and the ones that got away.
  • Illus. in: Kanga shinan. Nihen. Kyōto : Hishiya Magobē, [1811?].
  • Title devised by Library staff.
  • Published in: The floating world of Ukiyo-e : shadows, dreams, and substance / essays by Sandy Kita ... [et al.], New York : Abrams in association with the Library of Congress, 2001, p. 105.
  • Exhibited: "The Floating world of Ukiyo-e: shadows, dreams and substances," organized by the Library of Congress, 2001.
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Kawamura, Bunpō, 1779-1821, artist
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