A man in a red and black checkered garment wrestles playfully with an enormous golden carp that towers over his small frame, their bodies intertwined in dynamic motion. The composition uses the restrained palette and bold linework characteristic of Japanese woodblock printing, with warm ochre tones and crisp black outlines creating a scene of whimsical struggle between human and creature. Bound with 52 pages of 70lb paper, lined or unlined, behind an anti-scuff matte cover with wraparound artwork, made to order. Notes and sketches kept behind an independent artist's work, not a plain composition cover.