Japanese Print "La Peche Miraculeuse. Izu, Japon (The Miraculous Catch. Izu, Japan)" by Paul Jacoulet

Japanese Print "La Peche Miraculeuse. Izu, Japon (The Miraculous Catch. Izu, Japan)" by Paul Jacoulet

Artist:Paul Jacoulet

Title:La Peche Miraculeuse. Izu, Japon (The Miraculous Catch. Izu, Japan)

Date:1939

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Source:Robyn Buntin of Honolulu
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Seal, Boat; Carver, Maeda. 'As a portrayer of vanishing customs, Jacoulet is true to the ukiyo-e tradition of recording the life of the day. One such print is that of two fishermen clad in festive attire and ready to celebrate a record catch of fish. The master-fishermean who keeps tally and pays the men who went out in boats to set the nets and drag in the catch, has given each fisherman a special kimono for the celebration. Here we see two of the fishermen gazing out over the sea, watching for the tuna-laden boats to return. Behind them towers Mount Fuji, and beside them stands a tub brimming with the big, yellow-finned fish so essential to a Japanese diet. The garments of the men are of heavy cotton cloth, woven in Boshu and hand-dyed in striking designs. On the kimono of one man there are pictured the lucky emblems of pine and bamboo, a fan bearing the ideograph for katsuo (bonito, when dried, is used as a seasoning in Japanese cooking), and a pair of Manzai dancers such as go about on New Year's holidays. On the other man's kimono is a crane, grasping in its beak a banner bearing the ideographs for miraculous catch, with an interwoven design of pine branches and plum blossoms. This print will commemorate the fishermen's festival at Senbonmatsu - the shore of a 1000 pines along the Izu peninsula - long after the festival has ceased to be observed.' - Florence Wells

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