Kozuka with a Carp Leaping a Waterfall

1801 (late Edo) 3 3/4 in. (9.6 cm) (l.) Citation Source image

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).

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20484
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Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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