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Title: Leaping carp
Alternative Title: 竜門之瀧図
Creator: Nakajima, Raishō, 1795-1871, Japanese
Date Created and/or Issued: 1868 fall
Publication Information: Japan
Contributing Institution: UC Merced, Library and Special Collections
Collection: Clark Center for Japanese Art and Culture collection
Rights Information: Public Domain
Material in public domain. No restrictions on use.
Description: Medium: Ink and colors on silk
Annotations/Markings: Dated and signed "慶応戊辰仲秋来章筆" followed by two seals "来章" and "春分斎" at lower left edge.
Acquisition: On long-term loan to the Clark Center for Japanese Art and Culture
Exhibitions: Exhibited: "Drawn from Literature: Narrative Traditions in Japanese Art" curated by Cordula Treimer, The Ruth and Sherman Clark Center for Japanese Art and Culture for Japanese Art, Hanford, CA, March 29-July 30, 2005; "Feats and Tales: Images of Animals in Japanese Art" curated by Adam Zollinger, Ruth and Sherman Clark Center for Japanese Art and Culture for Japanese Art, May 1-June 30, 2001; "What's so Funny?: Understanding Humor in Japanese Art" curated by Maiko Behr, Ruth and Sherman Clark Center for Japanese Art and Culture for Japanese Art, April 4-June 30, 2000.
Funding: Digitization funded by an Institute for Museum and Library Services (IMLS) Leadership Grant (LG 30-02-0260-02) awarded to the University of California, Merced Library.
Type: image
Format: 1 scroll painting; 129 x 54 cm.
Form/Genre: scroll paintings
Meiji
Maruyama School
Identifier: ark:/86071/d2hf0d
CL1980.008
80-5-5
Subject: Fishes
fishes
carp
water currents
waves

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