Description
Incised lines on the kozuka depict the rush of a waterfall. A carp is shown swimming up the waterfall. This motif represents perseverance. The inscription on the reverse says that the design is by Ichiguro Masatsune (1760-1828).
Provenance
Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Inscriptions
[Attribution] On reverse: 東嶽子以圖; [Transliteration] Tôgakushi motte zu; [Translation] design by Tôgakushi; [Date] On kozuka: 辛酉初春; [Transliteration] kanoto tori shoshun; [Translation] 1801; [Signature] On kozuka: 壽霍斎 石黒政美; [Translation] Jugakusai Ishiguro Masayoshi
Credit
Acquired by Henry Walters
