Carp Ascending a Waterfall
early or mid-1830s
- Medium
- color woodblock print
- Dimensions
- 72.4 × 24.2 cm
- Status
- In Museum Collection
- Collect24 Art ID
- C24-197267
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.
Provenance
The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of James Parmelee, 1940.1049
Registry history
- early or mid-1830s — Recorded in the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art — prints
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