Carp Swimming by Water Weeds — Hokusai
"Carp Swimming by Water Weeds" (1831) by Hokusai: carp gliding through blue water, every scale cut into the block, in a lively tall composition. Cool blue and gray for a summer wallpaper.
Free · 1440×2560 px. Tap and hold the opened image (right-click on a computer) to save it.
About this wallpaper
Hokusai's "Carp Swimming by Water Weeds" (1831), cropped from the Cleveland Museum of Art's impression. The original is a tall sheet, so the 9:16 crop keeps the composition nearly intact: two carp twist through the upper and lower parts of the sheet with slender water weeds swaying between them. The water is graded blue, the carp are drawn in gray and ink scales, and nothing else clutters the picture.
On the home screen
The carp are at the top and bottom with only weeds in the middle, so icons in the middle band leave both fish visible.
On the lock screen
The top is a carp's back and deep blue water, dark enough for a white clock to read clearly, though it overlaps the fish.
Colors and mood
Shades of blue with the gray and ink of the carp and the green of the weeds.
Specs
- Aspect ratio
- 9:16
- Resolution
- 1440×2560
- Region
- Tide Hollow
- Coordinates
- 01·06
- Sector
- ISLAND III
- Lock-screen clock
- ◎ Clearly readable
- Home screen
- △ On the bright side
- Pure black
- 0%
- Brightness
- 110 / 255 · medium
- Artist
- Katsushika Hokusai · 1831
- License
- CC0 1.0
The museum has released this work into the public domain (CC0). There are no restrictions on its use; crediting the museum is optional. See the license
