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Japanese color block print showing eight traditional Japanese whaleboats surrounding a whale, whose back is studded with harpoons and whose front appears to be entangled in some sort of net. Title is printed in English at bottom right. Company name is printed, also in English, at bottom left. The company adopted this name in 1945. The English lettering indicates that this series of prints was intended for the international market, which the company entered in 1951.


whales
1945-01-02
PERMANENT COLLECTION
Hart Nautical
Taiyo Fishing Co., Ltd
ink; paper; color wash
9 1/2 in x 14 3/4 in
Japan