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鯉 (張交)
Katsushika Taito II (Japanese, active about 1810–1853)
Publisher: Echigoya Chôhachi
Japanese
Edo period
about 1830–44 (Tenpô era)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Harimaze, cut from vertical ôban sheet; 38.8 x 17.8 cm (15 1/4 x 7 in.)
Credit Line Denman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession Number06.1306
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Ukiyo-e taikei 8 (Hokusai, 1975), #273 (uncut sheet)
DescriptionFrom a vertical ôban sheet divided vertically into two harimaze panels: the carp to the right, and calligraphy in relief, in the manner of a rubbing, to the left.

MFA impressions: 06.1306, 11.30364, 21.10214, 21.10215
Signed Katsushika Taito
葛飾戴斗
Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
改印:極
ProvenanceMarch 8, 1906, gift of Denman Waldo Ross