Carp by Ohara Koson, 1900 Finish:Framed art print Liteyny Avenue

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The Cabbage Rose

Carp by Ohara Koson, 1900 Finish:Framed art print Liteyny AvenueCarp by Ohara Koson introduces a moment of quiet power from the turn of the twentieth century, when Japanese printmakers refined traditional Ukiyoe techniques to suit modern eyes. Koson (18771945) was celebrated for his kacheimages of birds, flowers, and creatures of the waterand here he elevates a humble carp into a luminous subject. The fish arcs upward through softly graded water, its scales meticulously patterned, its movement captured with poetic