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Dark carved woodblock showing two fish in relief, a long flatfish above and a rockfish below, on a textured wave-like ground with a small gold label.

Woodblock with Olive Halibut and Black Rockfish, Hiroshige

A dark woodblock carved in relief with two fish swimming diagonally across a wave-textured ground: a long flatfish above and a rounded-bodied fish below, with finely hatched scales. Faint floral forms appear at the left edge, and a small gold label sits in the lower right corner.

Artist
Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重 (1797-1858)
Date
ca. 1840-1842
Medium
Wood
Source
Smithsonian (National Museum of Asian Art)
Size
4000 × 2767 px
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Public domain · Smithsonian (National Museum of Asian Art) releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1847).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Smithsonian Open Access)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Asian Art

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