Title: Carp Trying to Swim up a Waterfall
Object type: Woodblock print
Date: probably 1820
Culture: Japan
Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
Artist:  Kurokawa Michita 
Artist bio: Japanese, active early 19th century
Artist nationality: Japanese
Artist role: Artist
Medium: Woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper
Dimensions: 8 1/16 x 7 1/16 in. (20.5 x 17.9 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1919
Department: Asian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Fish, term: Waterfalls