Ukiyo-e of the Week
Saturday, 11 March 2017
54 - Shinsai: Carp among pond plants
Shinsai: Carp among pond plants
This surimono shows a carp and water-weeds. Carps occur frequently in Japanese art, where they symbolise "achievement against adversity".
The artist is
Ryūryūkyo Shinsai
(176
4?-1823, active 1799-1823), who was one of
Hokusai
's students.
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