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Carp

Kuroda Tōkō 黒田稲皐

Painting formed from six narrow vertical panels showing fish of various sizes seen from above as if swimming in water, mostly in shades of black ink, with a dark green color used to depict leaves of water plants in the lower right. The fish are concentrated in a horizontal band in the center of the painting. — Six-panel folding screen, ink on paper, 60 1/2 × 128 1/4 in (image). Public Domain

Artist
Kuroda Tōkō

Subject Area
Creatures of the Sea

Artistic Techniques
Sumi-e Shasei

More about this art at
Minneapolis Institute of Art ↗

Video

The Art of Kuroda Tōkō

Activity

Thumbnail of Color the Carp, PDF — Color the Carp

Reading

Thumbnail of Excerpts from — Excerpts from "The Misunderstood Fish"

See more Kuroda Tōkō

Image of (School of Carp) by Kuroda Tōkō — (School of Carp)
The British Museum ↗

Image of Carp by Kuroda Tōkō — Carp
National Museum of Asian Art ↗

Image of Carp by Kuroda Tōkō — Carp
The Museum of the Imperial Collection, Sannomaru Shozokan ↗

Image of Dragon and Clouds by Kuroda Tōkō — Dragon and Clouds
Tottori Prefectural Museum ↗

See more Creatures of the Sea

Image of Ayu (Fresh-water Trout, Sweet Smelt) by Koizumi Ayaru — Ayu (Fresh-water Trout, Sweet Smelt)
National Museum of Asian Art ↗

Image of Fish, Crustaceans, and Vegetables by Watanabe Shōka — Fish, Crustaceans, and Vegetables
Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields ↗

Image of Fish (from Doshoku Sai-e (Colorful Realm of Living Beings)) by Itō Jakuchū — Fish (from Doshoku Sai-e (Colorful Realm of Living Beings))
The Museum of the Imperial Collection, Sannomaru Shozokan ↗

Image of Carp Swimming En Face by Maruyama Ōbun — Carp Swimming En Face
Yale University Art Gallery ↗