Carp Ascending a Waterfall

Cleveland Museum of Art

Carp Ascending a Waterfall

Keisai EisenLinkedCulture matchlcp-09385c839c37

Date
early or mid-1830s
Medium
color woodblock print
Culture
Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)
Department
Japanese Art
Institution
Cleveland Museum of Art
Object ID
118852

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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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Credit line
Bequest of James Parmelee
Provenance
?–1940: James Parmelee [1855–1931], Washington, DC, bequest to the Cleveland Museum of Art | 1940–: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

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