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Carp swimming

Watanabe Seitei

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Two large gray fish with light-brown fins and tails, and light-yellow eyes, swimming. The lower fish is head-down and viewed from the side with its head on the bottom-left; the upper fish's head faces left. Both fish have a pattern of small darker spots on their bodies and larger spots on their fins. The artwork has a signature in small black and red ink on the bottom-right. The background is a light-beige color with a raised gold border around the edges.

Artwork Details

Date
ca. 1887
Medium
Album leaf; ink and color on silk
Culture
Japan
Dimensions
473 × 625 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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