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Aug 12, 2014
Carp Ascending a Waterfall
Carp Ascending a Waterfall
early or mid-1830s
Keisai Eisen 渓斎 英泉
(Japanese, 1790–1848)
(1615-1868)
Color woodblock print
Sheet: 72.4 x 24.2 cm (28 1/2 x 9 1/2 in.)
Bequest of James Parmelee 1940.1049
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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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