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Maker(s):Shinsai
Culture:Japanese (ca. 1764-1820)
Title:Koi yama (carp float) from an untitled series of festival floats
Date Made:1820, (Bunsei 3, Dragon Year)
Type:Print
Materials:woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper with embossing and metallic pigments
Measurements:sheet: 8 1/2 x 7 1/8 in.; 21.6 x 18.1 cm
Accession Number:  AC 2004.190
Credit Line:Gift of William Green
Museum Collection:  Mead Art Museum at Amherst College
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Description:
A festival float with a carp ascending a waterfall within the precincts of a Shintō shrine, and auspicious pine trees and gohei, Shintō paper streamers.Signed Shinsai, with carver's seal Ryūsai Chimata, and collector's seal of Hayashi Tadamasa.

Tags:
fish; waterfalls; shrines; text; trees

Subjects:
Fishes; Waterfalls; Trees; text (layout feature)

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