Hiroshige: Fish

Published by Eijudo in the early1830's

Yellowtail, blowfish (fugu), and plum branch

Published by Yamadaya Shojiro in the mid 1830's

Bonito	Awabi & Sayori	Grouper & Greenling
A Striped Bellied Tuna lying alonside sprigs of fruiting Cherry. An early printing with mica sprinkled on the fish. A rare series.	An Abalone or Sea Ear and a Japanese Snipe fish. This is an early edition with mica applied to the Abalone shell. A rare series. For another impression see Vever Sale Catalogue, part II, lot 372 "Abalone, Halfbeak and Peach Branch", from the well-known "Album of Fishes". Mica is applied to the inside of the abalone in the foreground.	Shimadai and Ainame together with a sprig of red berried Nanten. For other impressions of this design see British Museum Catalogue 1906-12-20-990 and A Shoal of Fishes.	Scorpion Fish (Sebasticus Marmoratus) above and a Snapper Fish (Pristipomoides sieboldii) below with Japanese Ginger root (Shoga). Genuine examples from this series are rare. For other impressions see Tamba #425 and BM (1902-2-12-382)