Title(s)

Paper fish for boys' festival

Object type

• photograph
• page

Object number

RP-F-2001-7-1557B-5

Inscriptions / marks

• inscription: ‘On May 5th each householder displays one paper Tai fish for each of his sons, the size indicating the age of the child.’

Artist

• anonymous
• anonymous

Place

Japan

Dating

c. 1887 - in or before 1897

Material

• photographic support

Technique

albumen print / hand coloring

Measurements

height 90 mm × width 130 mm

What

• bony fishes: carp
• flags flown from a mast

Credit line

• Purchased with the support of the Mondriaan Stichting, the Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds, the VSBfonds, the Paul Huf Fonds/Rijksmuseum Fonds and the Egbert Kunstfonds

Acquisition

purchase 2001

Copyright

Public domain

Is part of

• Japan described and illustrated by the Japanese section two (RP-F-2001-7-1557B)