Sushi-Maru II Hira Suzuki
1995
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1995
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Dominant colour
Sushi-Maru II Hira Suzuki is a 1995 by Yosuki Imai, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This print shows a fish caught and eaten by the artist. It’s part of a series called Sushi-Maru, which focuses on seafood from Japanese waters. The print uses a special glue method called Chine collé to stick delicate Japanese paper onto a stronger French sheet. Imai caught the fish himself, measured it at 88 centimeters, and later turned it into art. Tiny images around the fish may come from old Japanese fishing guides. Look up the artist Imai, Yosuki next.
This 1995 etching by Yosuke Imai features a sea-bass printed on Ganpi paper, adhered via Chine collé to an Arches support. The fish is surrounded by six numbered panels—three above and three below—some of which resemble illustrations from historical Japanese fishing manuals or zoological texts. The upper panels include schematic drawings of a fishing lure, magnified flea parts, an astronomical constellation, a tadpole, and plant sections, while the lower panels contain indecipherable mirrored text. A stylized wave pattern runs along the top margin of the plate.
Read the full account in the museum source.
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