kakejiku (Scroll Painting)

About this object

Narrative

Part of the Miss Jessie M. Miller Collection. Miss Miller was a teaching evangelist for the Anglican Church of Canada.

Iconographic meaning

Represents summer

Physical description

Silk hanging scroll. Painting on silk of two carps swimming between lotus pads; mounted on light green silk with gold brocade at top and bottom. Plastic cylinder at base; black and white braided ties at top. Calligraphy in lower corner on left.