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Fish
Myriad fish
Myriad means 'many different',
and this scroll shows 33 different fish. They were painted by 12
different artists. The Japanese writing next to each fish is the
signature of each artist. One of the artists, Suzuki Hyakunen, was
the father of another, Suzuki Shônen. Both these men were from a
group of painters known as the Kyoto School. The scroll was
probably painted by other artists from the group and their pupils,
working together.
Can you
see a large sea bream to the left, and an eel?