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Carp Ascending a Waterfall
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About this work
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.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit lineCarp Ascending a Waterfall, early or mid-1830s. Keisai Eisen (Japanese, 1790–1848). Color woodblock print; sheet: 72.4 x 24.2 cm (28 1/2 x 9 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of James Parmelee, 1940.1049
