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Three sake bowls, Three varnished rice wine (sake) saucers on crepe paper. One bowl is upside down, the other two are depicted with a carp and a dragon swimming up against a waterfall. This refers to the belief that carp that could swim against a certain river eventually turned into dragons. With three poems., Ryûryûkyo Shinsai (mentioned on object), Japan, 1820, paper, colour woodcut, h 199 mm × w 181 mm.

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Three sake bowls, Three varnished rice wine (sake) saucers on crepe paper. One bowl is upside down, the other two are depicted with a carp and a dragon swimming up against a waterfall. This refers to the belief that carp that could swim against a certain river eventually turned into dragons. With three poems., Ryûryûkyo Shinsai (mentioned on object), Japan, 1820, paper, colour woodcut, h 199 mm × w 181 mm

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5036 x 5471 px | 78.8 MB

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42.6 x 46.3 cm | 16.8 x 18.2 in (300 dpi)

Keywords:

1820 • BELIEF • BOWL • CARP • CARP, FISH • CASCADE • CATARACT • CATARACTOUS • CATARACTS • CERTAIN RIVER EVENTUALLY TURNED • COLOUR WOODCUT • CREPE PAPER • DEPICTED • DRAGON SWIMMING UP • DRAGONS • FAITH • FISH: CARP • HEAD DOWN • HEAD-OVER-HEELS • JAPAN • JAPAN. • JAPANESE • MENTIONED • OBJECT • OBJECTS • PAPER AND PACKAGE PRODUCTS • PAPER • REFERS • RELIGION • RELIGIOUS • RYURYUKYO SHINSAI • SAKE • SAUCERS • SWIM • SWIMMING • SWIMMING. • THREE POEMS • THREE SAKE BOWLS • THREE VARNISHED RICE WINE • TWO • UMBRELLA • UPSIDE DOWN • WATERFALL • WATERFALLS