A seabream (tai) in a Nabeshima dish beside a sake cup on a lacquer stand beside a framed picture
Woodblock print, signed Shinsai, embellished with gold and silver pigments and blind printing, privately published circa 1820
Shikishiban surimono (21.4 x 18.6 cm.)

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Ryuryukyo Shinsai was an early pupil of Katsushika Hokusai and became a prolific surimono designer during the early 19th century.

For the same print in the collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art (MET), New York, accession number JP2109, go to:
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/60026105