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Japanese color block print depicting a bird's eye view of a blubber-processing facility with figures in traditional Japanese working dress engaged in chopping, boiling, and otherwise processing blubber into whale oil. 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