Carp

Object Details

• Artist

  Katsushika Taito II 葛飾載斗二世 (active 1810-1853)

• Label

  Taito II was born in Edo to a samurai family from Kyushu. He became a pupil and occasional artistic collaborator of Hokusai, who had used the artistic name Taito before passing it on to Taito II in 1820. The influence of Hokusai's bold and innovative paintings of natural subjects can be seen in this print of a carp leaping from a flowing stream. Swirls of blue form a striking abstract pattern that is printed over the carp's tail to indicate that it is submerged.

• Provenance

  To 1998

  Dr. John Fuegi. [1]

  From 1998

  Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Dr. John Fuegi. [2]

  Notes:

  [1] See Freer Gallery of Art Purchase List after 1920, Collections Management Office.

  [2] See note 1.

• Collection

  Freer Gallery of Art Collection

• Exhibition History

  Bountiful Waters: Aquatic Life in Japanese Art (March 8 to September 14, 2014)

  Artists of Edo (November 19, 2005 to May 29, 2006)

• Previous custodian or owner

  Dr. John Fuegi

• Origin

  Japan

• Credit Line

  Gift of John Fuegi and Jo Francis

• Type

  Print

• Restrictions and Rights

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• Name

  Fuegi, John

• Place

  Japan

• Topic

  Art, Carp, Fishes, Edo period, Japan, (1600 - 1868), Japanese Art, Ukiyo-e, Stream

• Culture

  Japanese

• Object Type

  Prints