About This Print
One of 118 prints in the series Dai Nippon Bussan Zue (Products of Greater Japan), issued in August 1877 to coincide with the opening of Japan’s first National Industrial Exposition (Naikoku Kangyō Hakurankai) held in Tokyo’s Ueno Park. It depicts fishermen on a beach in Tango Province gathering a net with their catch of Yellowtail (amberjack or albacore tuna, binnegamaguro).Also see print IHL Cat. #374 Catching Yellowtail in Tango Province.
Tango Province (丹後国, Tango no Kuni) was an old province in the area that is today northern Kyoto Prefecture facing the Sea of Japan. Tango bordered on Tajima, Tamba, and Wakasa provinces. At various times both Maizuru and Miyazu were the capital and chief town of the province.1
1 Wikipedia website http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tango_Province
At least three variant printings (editions) were made of this series. Each variant printing uses a different colored cartouche for the series' title, either red, green or rainbow-colored. Different colored borders were also used and variances in the use of colors and shading are present in the three editions.
Print Details
| IHL Catalog | #1505 |
| Title or Description | Beach Fishing for Yellowtail in Tango Province Dō (Tango no kuni) buri isoba no zu 同(丹後国)鰤磯場之図 |
| Series | Dai Nippon Bussan Zue 大日本物産図会 (Products of Greater Japan) |
| Artist | Utagawa Hiroshige III (1842–1894) |
| Signature |  Full cartouche reads 画工 大鋸町四番地 安藤徳兵エ [gakō Ōga machi yon banchi Andō Tokubei] |
| Seal | none |
| Publication Date | 1877 (Meiji 10) |
| Publisher |  publisher's seal appears in right margin (partially trimmed from this print) |
| Impression | excellent |
| Colors | excellent |
| Condition | good - vertical centerfold; minor toning |
| Genre | nishiki-e; kaika-e |
| Miscellaneous | |
| Format | chuban |
| H x W Paper | 6 3/4 x 9 3/8 in. (17.1 x 23.8 cm) |
| H x W Image | 6 3/8 x 9 1/16 in. (16.2 x 23 cm) |
| Literature | |
| Collections This Print | The Kyushu University Museum Digital Archive |
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