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Artist/Maker
Keisai Eisen
(Japanese, 1790 – 1848)
DatePublished c. 1830 - 1844
MediumWoodblock print on paper, mounted to gold paper.
DimensionsSheet: 28 1/2 × 9 1/2 in. (72.4 × 24.1 cm)
Image: 28 1/2 × 9 1/2 in. (72.4 × 24.1 cm)
Frame: 39 1/2 × 17 1/4 in. (100.3 × 43.8 cm)
Sheet (a) (top): 14 × 9 7/16 in. (35.5 × 24 cm)
Sheet (b) (bottom): 14 7/16 × 9 11/16 in. (36.6 × 24.6 cm)
Credit LineHamilton College Collection
Object number2024.17
On view
DescriptionVertical ôban, upright diptych. Carp leaping up a waterfall. Japanese inscriptions in upper right and lower leftr corners.
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Additional Details
Markings
Upper right corner and lower left corner (stamps): signed "Keisai hitsu," with red artist's seal "Eisen"
Inscribed
Verso, center (pen): [upside down] "Roerick [sic]"
Keisai Eisen
Date: c. 1830s-1840s
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