Koi

Print

Purdue University Galleries

Name/Title

Koi

Entry/Object ID

1989.10.04

Type of Print

Woodcut

Artwork Details

Medium

Paper

Acquisition

Accession

1989.10

Credit Line

Gift of William A. McGill

Made/Created

Artist

Bukasen Tsuchida

Date made

1900

Place

Country

Japan

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Tertiary Object Term

Woodcut

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Print, Relief

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Graphic Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Dimensions

Dimension Description

16 x 20

Height

15-1/16 in

Width

10-1/4 in

Interpretative Labels

Label Type

Cultural/Historical Context

Label

"In Japanese culture, the Koi represent long life and vigor. Koi are as long lived as humans and are very hardy. They have been kept as pets for more than 800 years. Bakusen Tsuchida was born into a wealthy and influential family in the Niigata Prefecture. Tsuchida found his own personal style based on traditional Japanese painting and printmaking. His subjects remained the Japanese tradition- women portraits, flower still lifes and genre scenes. "