Carp Swimming among Water Plants

Pair of hanging scrolls; ink and color on silk, each 48⅞ x 22 in. (124.0 x 56.0 cm); 1889
Signed: Tairyūkyo Zeshin sha and Gyōnen hachijūsan-ō (at the age of eighty-three) Zeshin sha, sealed Shin; roller ends: lacquer decorated with lotus, signed Reiya [Shibata Kametarō (1850–1915)]; box inscribed Shibata Zeshin ō hitsu suichu koi no zu (Carp in Water, painted by the venerable Shibata Zeshin), signed Kakanan Chikushin kanheidai (certified and titled by Kakanan Chikushin [Shōji Chikushin (1854–1936)])