{"type":"artobject","objectid":133919,"objectnumber":"2020-378","sortnumber":"2020  378","displaytitle":"Carp","department":"Asian Art","classification":"Paintings","datebegin":1736,"dateend":1764,"datecomputed":1750,"daterange":"A.D. 1700-1800","displaydate":null,"medium":"Hanging scroll; ink on paper","dimensions":"Painting: 99.5 × 28 cm (39 3/16 × 11 in.)","dimensionsproposed":"","creditline":"Gift from the Gitter-Yelen Collection and Museum purchase, Carl Otto von Kienbusch Jr. Memorial Collection Fund","markings":"Seals: 藤汝鈞印 Tō Jokin-in; 若冲居士 Jackuchu koji","inscribed":"Inscribed:\r\nInscription by Musen Jōzen (1693–1764)\r\n“Wandering far, he does not swallow the fisherman’s bait.\r\nPlunging deep, why should he leap into the sage’s boat?\r\nIn hiding he grows horns, becomes a dragon, and departs,\r\nSending down timely rain to succor man from drought.”\r\n- Translated by Stephen D. Allee","signed":"Signed: 丹崖道人題\r\nTangai dōjin dai (Inscribed by Tangai)","catalograisonne":null,"creditlinerepro":null,"restrictions":null,"nowebuse":"False","secondaryobjectnumber":"","campuscollections":"false","on_view":false,"accessionyear":"2020-01-01","newaccession":0,"titles":[{"title":"Carp","titletype":"Primary Title","displayorder":1}],"makers":[{"id":21020,"displayname":"Itō Jakuchū 伊藤若冲","displaydate":"1716–1800","datebegin":1716,"dateend":1800,"prefix":null,"suffix":"(painter)","role":"Artist","displaymaker":"Itō Jakuchū 伊藤若冲 (painter), 1716–1800","displayorder":3},{"id":21021,"displayname":"Tangai 丹崖","displaydate":"1693–1764","datebegin":1693,"dateend":1764,"prefix":null,"suffix":"(inscriber)","role":"Artist","displaymaker":"Tangai 丹崖 (inscriber), 1693–1764","displayorder":4}],"depicted":[],"texts":[{"texttype":"Online","textpurpose":"Description","textentryhtml":"<P>This painting is one of several that carry an inscription by Musen Jōzen and a painting by Ito Jakuchu. The two men evidently were long-time collaborators. Jōzen’s inscription on this painting alludes to an ancient Chinese myth that if a carp could successful jump over the Yellow River’s Longmen Falls it will be transformed into a dragon.</P>\r\n<P>A close examination of the carp painting reveals one of Jakuchu’s major painterly innovations, the artist’s masterly handling of the smoky gray wash. Here it is used to depict the fish’s scales. Jakuchu first experimented with this technique in the 1760s and he used it throughout his career. The effect was achieved by allowing the ink to sink into the paper in a controlled manner that created a faint gray outline to form between individual brushstrokes. Other typical Jakuchu techniques are the claw-like brushstrokes used to depict the waves that swirl around the body of the fish.</P>\r\n<P>Ito Jakuchu was one of the most important 18th century painters in the so-called Eccentric school. His works are much sought after and this would be the first authentic example of his oeuvre in the collection.</P>","remarks":"as per object file"},{"texttype":"Online","textpurpose":"Provenance","textentryhtml":"1989–2020 Gitter-Yelen Collection (New Orleans, LA), by gift and sold to the Princeton University art Museum, 2020. <br>","remarks":null}],"media":[{"id":213337,"uri":"https://media.artmuseum.princeton.edu/iiif/3/collection/PUAMSTU2018_47789","isprimary":0,"rank":2,"mediatypeid":1,"mediaviewtype":"(not assigned)","restrictions":null,"caption":"PUAM Photo"},{"id":213338,"uri":"https://media.artmuseum.princeton.edu/iiif/3/collection/PUAMSTU2018_47792","isprimary":1,"rank":1,"mediatypeid":1,"mediaviewtype":"(not assigned)","restrictions":null,"caption":"PUAM Photo"}],"hasimage":"true","bibliography":[],"exhibitions":[{"exhibitionid":3425,"citation":"Returning Home: Edo Paintings from the Gitter-Yelen Collection (September 11, 2010–December 4, 2011)","isvirtual":true,"begindate":"2010-09-11","enddate":"2011-12-04","uri":"https://artmuseum.princeton.edu/art/exhibitions/3425"},{"exhibitionid":3421,"citation":"An Enduring Vision: 17th to 20th Century Japanese Painting from the Gitter-Yelen Collection (August 31, 2002–July 17, 2005)","isvirtual":true,"begindate":"2002-08-31","enddate":"2005-07-17","uri":"https://artmuseum.princeton.edu/art/exhibitions/3421"}],"geography":[{"displaygeography":"Place made: Asia, Japan","code":"Place made","continent":"Asia","subcontinent":null,"country":"Japan","region":null,"state":null,"city":null,"county":null,"subregion":null,"locale":null,"locus":null,"river":null,"excavation":null,"geoname":"http://www.geonames.org/1861060/japan.html","location":{"lat":"","lon":""}}],"terms":[{"id":2033898,"term":"Edo (Japanese period)","aatid":300106643,"termtype":"Period / Style"},{"id":2164594,"term":"water","aatid":300011772,"termtype":"Subject"},{"id":2155285,"term":"calligraphy (writing)","aatid":300053162,"termtype":"Classification"},{"id":2126479,"term":"hanging scrolls","aatid":300033636,"termtype":"Classification"},{"id":2171785,"term":"carp","aatid":null,"termtype":"Subject"},{"id":2052977,"term":"paintings","aatid":300033618,"termtype":"Classification"},{"id":2033838,"term":"Japanese","aatid":300018519,"termtype":"Culture"},{"id":2053034,"term":"scroll paintings","aatid":300033666,"termtype":"Classification"},{"id":2043813,"term":"paper (fiber product)","aatid":300014109,"termtype":"Materials"},{"id":2153366,"term":"painting (image-making)","aatid":300054216,"termtype":"Techniques"},{"id":2167672,"term":"ink","aatid":300015012,"termtype":"Materials"}],"classifications":[{"id":2126479,"classification":"hanging scrolls"},{"id":2053034,"classification":"scroll paintings"},{"id":2155285,"classification":"calligraphy (writing)"},{"id":2052977,"classification":"paintings"}],"cultures":[{"id":13690,"culture":"Japanese","alphasort":"Japanese","begindate":0,"enddate":0,"displayculture":"Japanese","displaydate":null}],"cultureterms":[{"id":2033838,"culture":"Japanese"}],"periods":[{"id":12589,"period":"Edo period","alphasort":"Edo period","begindate":1603,"enddate":1868,"displayperiod":"Edo period, 1603–1868","displaydate":"1603–1868"}],"periodterms":[{"id":2033898,"period":"Edo (Japanese period)"}],"attribute_groups":[{"id":2199319,"term":"Asian Art","termtype":"Collecting Area"},{"id":2199327,"term":"Prints and Drawings","termtype":"Collecting Area"}],"dimensionelements":[{"element":"Painting","type":"Height","units":"centimeters","dimension":"99.50"},{"element":"Painting","type":"Width","units":"centimeters","dimension":"28.00"}],"packages":[{"packageid":216463,"name":"image_descriptions_newacquisitions_2020"},{"packageid":207234,"name":"SAB_Gala2021"}],"primaryimage":["https://media.artmuseum.princeton.edu/iiif/3/collection/PUAMSTU2018_47792"],"displaymaker":"Itō Jakuchū 伊藤若冲 (painter), 1716–1800 | Tangai 丹崖 (inscriber), 1693–1764","displayculture":"Japanese","displayperiod":"Edo period, 1603–1868","caption":"Japanese, Edo period (1603–1868), Itō Jakuchū 伊藤若冲 (painter) (1716–1800), Tangai 丹崖 (inscriber) (1693–1764), Carp. Hanging scroll; ink on paper; 99.5 × 28 cm (Painting). Gift from the Gitter-Yelen Collection and Museum purchase, Carl Otto von Kienbusch Jr. Memorial Collection Fund (2020-378)","captionhtml":"Japanese, Edo period (1603–1868), Itō Jakuchū 伊藤若冲 (painter) (1716–1800), Tangai 丹崖 (inscriber) (1693–1764), <i>Carp</i>. Hanging scroll; ink on paper; 99.5 × 28 cm (Painting). Gift from the Gitter-Yelen Collection and Museum purchase, Carl Otto von Kienbusch Jr. Memorial Collection Fund (2020-378)","published_date":"2026-02-11 14:33:34.088556","campusart":[{"campuscollections":"false","campusart":0,"neighborhood":null,"lat":null,"lon":null}],"extended_content":false}