PrintsJapanese

Line-fishing in the Miyato River (Miyatogawa naganawa), from the series One Thousand Pictures of the Ocean (Chie no umi)

c. 1833

Artists

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎Artist

Classification

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Medium

Ink on paper

Culture

Japanese

Period

Edo period, 1615-1868

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Asian Art

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