Fortune-Ascending Koi Kakejiku Hanging Scroll MATERIAL_Pottery And graced with nature’s glaze

And graced with nature’s glaze

rendered with meticulous brushwork

Great for New Year's Day

When eating from the rice bowl

One can almost feel the fish gracefully swimming in a pond with their slightly curved tails

Fortune-Ascending Koi Kakejiku Hanging Scroll MATERIAL_Pottery And graced with nature’s glazeThis hanging scroll captures the dramatic ascent of two powerful carp leaping up a waterfall, an enduring image of ambition and good fortune. In Japanese culture, the carps determined journey upstream symbolizes perseverance and triumph over adversity. Rooted in Chinese legend, this motif carries deeper resonance: the tale of the carp that conquers the waterfall and transforms into a dragon. As a creature that commands water and ascends from earth to