Ukiyo-e Educational Catalog · Record 132486

Talented artist

Print by Cho Gessho, 張月樵 (Cho GESSHO) (1817)

Artist / 作者: Cho Gessho張月樵
Date / 年代: 1817
Medium / 技法: 浮世絵 / Ukiyo-e / Edo / kruml
Digital record / 画像記録: 1200 × 1600 px
Source collection / 所蔵元: Japanese Prints London
Published by / 公開者: 紫藤メイ
Rights / 権利: No commercial-app permission documented
Attribution / 表記: Japanese Prints London

Catalog note / 解説

A talented artist. The son of a kakemono-mounter, he studied under Goshun in Kyoto and associated with Rosetsu in Nagoya, where he settled. Known for his involvement in several haiga and kyoka anthologies and the wonderful gafu-style Fukei gaso of 1817. An original painting, sumi and light colour on paper, image size 44 x 11.5 in; 111.5 x 29 cms. Shows Shiyei Sennin ( Chinese: Tsze Ying ) riding the red carp in storm clouds to heaven. The story tells of how Shiyei caught the carp and, because of its fine appearance, decided to keep it. After just one year it had grown to ten feet in length with horns and feelers. Shiyei’s adoration of the fish led to it telling him that it was there to take…

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