cma-japanese-art: Carp Ascending a Waterfall, Keisai Eisen, early or mid-1830s, Cleveland Museum of
cma-japanese-art: Carp Ascending a Waterfall, Keisai Eisen, early or mid-1830s, Cleveland Museum of Art: Japanese ArtIn 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.Size: Sheet: 72.4 x 24.2 cm (28 ½ x 9 ½ in.)Medium: color woodblock printhttps://clevelandart.org/art/1940.1049 -- source link