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Maker(s):Hodai
Culture:Japanese
Title:Elephant
Date Made:1866
Type:Print
Materials:Woodblock print
Measurements:sheet: 7 1/4 in x 9 7/16 in ; 18.4 cm x 24.0 cm
Accession Number:  AC 1990.104
Credit Line:Gift of William Green
Museum Collection:  Mead Art Museum at Amherst College
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Description:
private publication. The inscription saying that an elephant was brought to Osaka in the spring of 1866 is followed by twelve short verses on the animal by Ume Michen and others.

Tags:
elephants; animals; text; poetry

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