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Richard Miles notes that the landscape in the background is executed without black outlines. The fisherman makes quite an alluring figure, peering over his shoulder, with a pipe held firmly between closed lips. Obviously relaxing after a hard day’s work and a successful catch.
Format large oban. Seals of the carver, Kentaro Maeda, and printer, Shunosuke Fujii, lower right margin. Published: 15 January 1936. Two small tape stains bottom margin corners, two pieces fine rice paper on top reverse margin, slightly toned, two small pinholes in left margin, otherwise very good condition.
| Dimensions | 11.8"x15.5" + margins |
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| Publisher | self-published |
| Signature | Signed in pencil lower right above the Mandarin Duck seal |
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| Numbered | 99/ 150 in Japanese on reverse |
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| Reference | West Virginia University Art Collection (U1995.001.003); Miles, Richard, "The Prints of Paul Jacoulet", London: R.G.Sawers Publishing, 1982, no. 33, p. 50 |
