Carp 鯉図
date: label: Date
content: early 19th century
label: Period
content: Edo period
name: label: Artist
content: Kuroda Toko 黒田稲皐 (1785-1846)
notes: label: Signatures
content: Signature reads: "Painted by Toko".
label: Marks
content: Seal reads "Bun-sho".
label: Label
content: Kuroda Toko was a samurai from Tottori who moved to Edo after studying with the official painter to the daimyo of his native region. Toko's teacher, Hijikata Torei (1735-1807), had studied in Kyoto with Maruyama Okyo (1733-95), who had created an influential style of painting from his study of Chinese, Japanese, and European art. Torei had also studied the realistic painting of natural subjects by Ming- and Qing-dynasty Chinese artists. The realism of Toko's ink carp swimming underwater and viewed from above reflects this heritage from his teacher. Blue flowers emerging from the pool heighten the effect and are also decorative.
label: Provenance
content: To 1896
label: Provenance
content: Yamanaka & Company, New York to 1896 [1]
label: Provenance
content: From 1896 to 1919
label: Provenance
content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Yamanaka & Company in 1896 [2]
label: Provenance
content: From 1920
label: Provenance
content: Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]
label: Provenance
content: Notes:
label: Provenance
content: [1] Undated folder sheet note. See Original Kakemono List, L. 70, pg. 15, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.
label: Provenance
content: [2] See note 1.
label: Provenance
content: [3] The original deed of Charles Lang Freer's gift was signed in 1906. The collection was received in 1920 upon the completion of the Freer Gallery.
label: Collection
content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection
label: Exhibition History
content: Japanese Art from the Collection (October 26, 2024 - ongoing)
label: Exhibition History
content: Artists of Edo (November 19, 2005 to May 29, 2006)
label: Previous custodian or owner
content: Yamanaka and Co. 山中商会 (1917-1965) (C.L. Freer source)
label: Previous custodian or owner
content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)
place: label: Origin
content: Japan
topic: label: Topic
content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)
label: Topic
content: carp
label: Topic
content: Japan
label: Topic
content: kakemono
label: Topic
content: Japanese Art
label: Topic
content: Charles Lang Freer collection
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content: Google Arts & Culture
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content: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: F1896.92
objectType: label: Type
content: Painting
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Ink and color on silk
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 44.9 x 85.8 cm (17 11/16 x 33 3/4 in)