Child Reaching for a Fishbowl — Antique Natural History Print
Child Reaching for a Fishbowl — Antique Natural History Print
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This hand-colored Japanese woodblock print by Nishimura Shigenaga, made around the mid-1720s, uses the lacquer-like urushi-e technique, in which glue brushed over black pigment and dusted with metal filings gives kimono patterns a rich, lustrous sheen. It shows a child reaching for a bowl of goldfish, likely a festival game, amid the finery of a Buddhist temple outing.
Materials & origin
- Material: 200 gsm gallery-grade, acid-free fine-art paper (FSC-certified).
- Print: Archival giclée, 12-colour printing, smooth matte finish for glare-free display.
- Artwork: Restored from a public-domain original; colour and detail digitally cleaned for large-format print.
- Origin: Made on demand and shipped from the print hub nearest you, cutting transit and waste.
- Framing: Sold unframed; ships rolled in a protective tube.
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I have bought a lot of art online and this is the first time it looked exactly like the listing. Every line in Child Reaching for a Fishbowl is crisp, even in the busiest areas. The image is so clean that I have looked at it with a magnifier. Perfect from start to finish.
I have bought three of these now for different rooms. 😍
The detail is genuinely impressive for what I paid. The subject of Child Reaching for a Fishbowl is what sold me, and it delivers. It was a good decision.
The quality is better than most of what I have seen at this price. It brought Child Reaching for a Fishbowl into the house at a price I could actually justify.
This turned out better than the photos led me to expect. It captures Child Reaching for a Fishbowl well enough that I stopped looking for a better one. Really no complaints worth writing down.