Carp

Object Details

• Artist

  Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重 (1797-1858)

• Author

  Poem by Komogaki Makuzu 篶垣真葛

• Description

  This graceful print of a carp swimming is enhanced by the carefully graded printing that resembles an ink wash applied with a brush. A poem by Makuzu appears above. The elegant effect of the printing is enhanced by dark mica printing on the body of the fish, which gives an iridescent tone.

• Provenance

  To 2000

  Dr. John Fuegi, Copenhagen, to 2000

  From 2000

  Freer Gallery of Art, given by Dr. John Fuegi in 2000

• Collection

  Freer Gallery of Art Collection

• Exhibition History

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

• 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, Koi, Fishes, Edo period, Japan, (1600 - 1868), Japanese Art, Ukiyo-e, Iridescence

• Culture

  Japanese

• Object Type

  Prints