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Carp Ascending a Waterfall
Keisai Eisenearly or mid-1830s
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
In Asian lore the carp is associated with good fortune and perseverance. Although the carp lives primarily in quiet waters, its symbolic meanings have led to a Japanese design convention of showing the fish arching upward, often mounting waterfalls, as in this print.
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- Title: Carp Ascending a Waterfall
- Creator: Keisai Eisen (Japanese, 1790-1848)
- Date Created: early or mid-1830s
- Physical Dimensions: Sheet: 72.4 x 24.2 cm (28 1/2 x 9 1/2 in.)
- Provenance: James Parmelee [1855-1931], Washington, DC, bequest to the Cleveland Museum of Art, The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- Type: Print
- Rights: CC0
- External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1940.1049
- Medium: color woodblock print
- Inscriptions: Signature: Keisai hitsu. Seal: Eisen. Publisher: Izumiya Ichibei (Kansendo)
- Department: Japanese Art
- Culture: Japan, Edo period (1615-1868)
- Credit Line: Bequest of James Parmelee
- Collection: Japanese Art
- Accession Number: 1940.1049
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