Carp Ascending a Waterfall

Keisai Eisen (Japanese, 1790–1848)

Artist

Keisai Eisen (Japanese, 1790–1848)

Date

early or mid-1830s

Medium

color woodblock print

Origin

Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)

Collection

Cleveland Museum of Art

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