schema:description 10 | "tombstone: Carp 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...(more)" |
schema:description | "culture: Japan, Edo Period (1615-1868)" |
schema:description | "collection: Japanese Art" |
schema:description | "measurements: Sheet: 72.4 x 24.2 cm (28 1/2 x 9 1/2 in.)" |
schema:description | "wall_description: 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....(more)" |
schema:description | "type: Print" |
schema:description | "inscription: Signature: Keisai hitsu
Seal: Eisen
Publisher: Izumiya Ichibei (Kansendo)" |
schema:description | "creditline: Bequest of James Parmelee" |
schema:description | "technique: color woodblock print" |
schema:description | "id: 118852" |