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Exceptional Japanese Koi Scroll, Fukuda Bisen browse these categories for related items... All Items: Archives:Regional Art:Asian:Japanese: Pre 1940: item # 525262 Please refer to our stock # ALR1804 when inquiring.
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| The powerful carp leaps up through rushing water, fighting against the current toward its goal beyond the falls in this evocative ink painting by Fukuda Bisen (1875-1963) enclosed in the original signed and stamped wooden box dating from the first half of the 20th century. The enigmatic creature seems embodied with all the vigor of human volition, an impression the artist has skillfully rendered in soft sweeps and washes of gray ink. Almost lost in the torrent, he fights on to the upper reaches, never dissuaded from his path. This is a very popular scene in Japan, based on the Chinese legend of the carp who leapt to the top of the falls to become a great dragon. The paper scene is bordered in soft green brocade patterned with golden ripples viewed through lattice and features porcelain rollers. The quality of the mounting alone sets this scroll above the rest. The scroll is 14-1/2 by 75 inches (37 x 191 cm) and in very clean condition, with some cupping in the center. Bisen studied painting under both Hashiomoto Gaho, and Kubota Beisen from whom he received his artist name. He was first exhibited in 1900, and had a popular career. His style caught the attention of Dwight D. Eisenhower during his reign as president of Columbia University and from 1952-1960 the artist completed a 30 piece set of 40 foot long hand-scrolls for donation to the library there. He is preserved there and in the permanent collection of the Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art, Kobe, and Daikakuji Temple in Kyoto among others. | ||||||||
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