AN EXHIBIT of Japanese fish prints by Jean Kigel debuts Sunday at Little Tokyo restaurant on Maine Street in Brunswick. The exhibit continues through September. Gyotaku (gee – a – TA – ku), the art of printing fish, originated in Japan centuries ago as a way of documenting the size of a catch. In modern times gyotaku has evolved into an art form. Before printing a whole, ungutted fish, Kigel prepares its scales with salt, and its fins and gills with batten and clay. Then she applies printers’ ink in varying tones and colors directly onto the fish. The image of the fish is transferred to paper by using hands as a press. For more information, visit www.jeankigel.com or call Little Tokyo at 798-6888.