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SHINSAI, Ryuryukyu
(1764? - 1820) 		Leaping Carp

ref. no.: CD 4 020
Signed:                        Shinsai
Seal:                            Ryusai
Dated:                          tatsu haru  ('spring in the year of the dragon') - i.e. 1820
Size:                            19.1 x 20.3 cms  (shikishiban surimono)

Condition:
Very good impression, colors and condition.
With silver and gold pigments.

This surimono shows the upper part of a daisho (a festival car) for the Gion Festival.
A carp is leaping up a waterfall next to a temple. Three poems above.

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