Fisherman and child

hanging scroll

Japanese Collection

Accession Nr.: 6040
Type: painting; hanging scroll
Artist/Maker:
Date of production:
first half of the 19th century
Edo (Tokugawa) period
Place of production:
Acquisition: collected by Péter Vay
Signed: Kinpo's signature in ink
Marks: two red stamps
Materials/Techniques: ink and colours on silk
Dimensions: height: 168 cm
width: 47.5 cm
mirror: 113.9 × 34.5 cm
The scene shows two figures: an older fisherman stands watching a little boy, who is bending down to the ground. The old man carries a bundle and a fishing net on a bamboo pole over his shoulder. In the bottom left of the painting, the artist has written his signature in ink,
with two red stamps below it.