B/W Blueline Tilefish - Original Gyotaku - Japanese Fish buying Rub - Japanese Art - Fishing - Gyotaku -Gyotaku Fish-Fisherman's Gift-Fish Painting

Gyotaku is the traditional method of printing fish. This form of nature printing was used by fishermen to record their buying catch but has now become an art form of its own.
The printer cleans, preps, and supports the fish to be printed. He then applies sumi-e ink or oil paint to one side of the fish caught. He then covers the fish with rice paper and rubs the entire fish to create an exact image of the fish.
This is an original Gyotaku of a Blueline Tilefish.
It is printed on a handmade mulberry paper.
All of my Gyotaku are original and signed, dated, and stamped with my personal hanko.