Ayu or Ai 鮎, 香魚 (sweetfish) Utagawa Hiroshige Japanese woodblock print from the series Uozukushi (Every Variety of Fish) circa 1830s or 40s

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From the Japanese Edo Period Ukiyo-e collection variously titled A Shoal of Fishes, Every Variety of Fish, or Uozukushi, by Utagawa Hiroshige (Andō Hiroshige), circa 1830s to 1840s. Translations of Japanese names to English are approximate and may not be totally accurate. These antiquarian Japanese fish prints have been heavily edited and repaired to bring out the colors and fix certain age related flaws. Note that colors my thus not be fully true to the original. All 20 prints from this book, similarly edited and repaired, can be seen her on Alamy at:

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Size: 7089px × 4964px
Location: Japan
Photo credit: © Antiquarian Images / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No

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