Artist: Katsushika Hokusai
Dátum: 1832
Múzeum: Bristol Museum - Art Gallery (Bristol, United Kingdom)
technika: Woodblock Print
A Chinese story told how a carp leaptup the rapids of the Yellow River andbecame a dragon. Carp are symbols ofperseverance, as well as fertility, becauseof the many eggs they lay.Inscribed on the print are poems by threedifferent poets which refer to carp, cherryblossom, the vigour of a dragon and riversin Edo (Tokyo). The dragon representsthe fifth month of the year in the Japanesemonthly cycle of zodiac animals.
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