Title: The Scales of the Carp (Koi no uroko 鯉の鱗), Illustrations of Poets
Object type: Illustrated book
Date: 1815 (Bunka 12)
Culture: Japan
Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
Artist:  Teisai Hokuba 蹄斎北馬 
Artist bio: Japanese, 1771–1844
Artist nationality: Japanese
Artist role: Artist
Medium: Woodblock printed book; ink on paper
Dimensions: 8 11/16 × 6 1/8 in. (22 × 15.6 cm)
Classification: Illustrated Books
Credit line: Purchase, Mary and James G. Wallach Foundation Gift, 2013
Department: Asian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Poetry, term: Men, term: Women