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瓢鮎図 (ひょうねんず) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

瓢ひょう鮎ねん図ず

Meanings

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noun

Hyonenzu (painting by Josetsu, 1415)

work of art, literature, music, etc.

Title of a famous ink painting by the Muromachi-period artist Josetsu, depicting a man trying to catch a catfish with a gourd.

瓢ひょう鮎ねん図ずは、如じょ拙せつによる水すい墨ぼく画がの代だい表ひょう作さくです。
Hyonenzu is a representative ink painting by Josetsu.

Kanji

瓢gourd
鮎freshwater trout, smelt
図map, drawing, plan

Etymology

The title 瓢鮎図 combines 瓢 (hyō, 'gourd'), 鮎 (nen, 'catfish'), and 図 (zu, 'picture'), literally 'Gourd-Catfish Picture'. The exact derivation of the title is uncertain; it refers to the subject matter of the painting.