Carp and Pine, Edo period (1615–1868), Japan, Polychrome woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper, 7 7/8 x 6 7/8 in. (20 x 17.5 cm), Prints, Yashima Gakutei (Japanese, 1786?–1868), Commissioned by the Friends Club of Kamige, this design is the quintessential fish surimono. Here the carp, shown beneath the murky water, has been painstakingly rendered with numerous color blocks, creating a rich tonal quality for its scales
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Carp, Pine, Edo period, 1615–1868, Japan, Polychrome woodblock print, surimono, ink, color, paper, 7 7/8 x 6 7/8, 20 17.5 cm, Prints, Yashima Gakutei, Japanese, 1786?–1868, Commissioned, Friends Club, Kamige, design, quintessential fish surimono, carp, shown beneath, murky water, painstakingly rendered, numerous color, blocks, creating, rich tonal, quality, scales
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