“To Know Fish”
“To Know Fish”

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“To Know Fish”,

late 18th–early 19th century

Kameda Bōsai 亀田鵬斎, 1752–1826; born and died Edo [Tokyo], Japan
Japanese
Edo period, 1603–1868
2024-432

Information

Title
“To Know Fish”
Dates

late 18th–early 19th century

Maker
Kameda Bōsai 亀田鵬斎
Medium
Hanging scroll: ink on paper
Dimensions
Painting: 23.3 × 41.5 cm (9 3/16 × 16 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Peggy and Richard M. Danziger
Object Number
2024-432
Place Made

Asia, Japan

Culture
Japanese, Asian
Period
Edo (Japanese period)
Type
hanging scrolls, paintings
Materials
ink, paper (fiber product)
Subject
writing

1979 – present Collection of Peggy and Richard M. Danziger
1979 Purchased by the Danzigers from Mathias Komor, New York

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