A 100-metre-long gyotaku, or a type of Japanese fish printing
artwork, was finished on Sunday in the Shanghai Ocean Aquarium,
which is being prepared to challenge for a Guinness World
Record.
Under the direction of Mineo Ryuka Yamamoto, a Japanese
fisherman and master gyotaku maker, over 200 visitors to the
aquarium took part in the making of the piece on a huge canvas -
using hundreds of thousand of scallop-shells in making colorful
rubbings of them on the canvas.
Gyotaku, the Japanese "fish printing" art that originally used
fresh fish and sea creatures in making paintings by directly
color-copying live fish and sea creatures on canvas, or making
rubbings of them, can be dated back to the 18th century. It was
first developed to preserve a true record of the size and
characteristics of fish caught by Japanese anglers.
A 100-metre-long fish printing artwork finished on Sunday in the
Shanghai Ocean Aquarium.
Participants to "fish printing" are carefully
preparing scallops on Sunday.
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(CRI.cn August 7, 2007)
