Koi Pond looks straight down into the still, tea-green water of a Japanese garden pond, where ornamental nishikigoi — bred in the rice terraces of Niigata since the 19th century — glide as bright slips of Hi orange, Shiroji white, and red beneath the surface. The palette holds the contemplative deep-moss water as ground so the carp read as glimpsed, not displayed.
Concentric ripples, lily pads, and sinuous koi silhouettes layer over an ink-wash depth that darkens from surface to bottom. Period Japanese mincho serifs carry the type, lending the system the unhurried, brushed cadence of a pond watched over a long afternoon.
锦鲤池俯瞰一方静止的日本庭园池水——茶绿幽深、苔色沉静。自十九世纪起， 新潟稻农在梯田水塘里培育出的锦鲤，化作绯红、白地与朱赤的鳞影，在水面之下 缓缓游动。深绿池水始终是底色，让锦鲤如惊鸿一瞥，而非陈列展示。
一圈圈涟漪荡开，荷叶与睡莲漂浮其上，蜿蜒的鲤影层层叠落在由浅入深的水墨 渐变里。字体取用合乎年代的日式明朝衬线，笔意从容，如同一整个午后凝望池水 时那般不疾不徐的节奏。