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Maker(s):Totoya Hokkei (after)
Culture:Japanese (1780-1850)
Title:Ox from the series “A Collection of Thirty-Six Birds (Sanjūroku tori zukushi)”
Date Made:ca. 1825-1830
Type:Print
Materials:woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper with metallic pigments
Place Made:Asia; Japan; Edo
Measurements:overall: 8 5/8 in x 7 3/16 in; 21.9 cm x 18.3 cm
Accession Number:  AC 2005.436
Credit Line:Gift of William Green
Museum Collection:  Mead Art Museum at Amherst College
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Description:
A saddled ox tied to a post with two kyōka poetry verses surrounding it. Series title in a rolled makimono scroll-shaped cartouche and the seal of the Shippōren poetry group above, a diamond in a circle with the character for "ren" (club) in the middle. A band of traditional lucky symbols or treasures (takaramono) in gold along the top. Signed Hokkei.

Tags:
animals; tools; text; poetry

Subjects:
Poetry; Animals; text (layout feature); Tools

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