Catalog record · 目録番号 68320
Print by Suzuki Harunobu (1767)
Catalog note / 解説
A chuban print of a pair of oxen. One of the Junishi, Twelve Zodiacal Signs ( this being Ushi ). Complemented here by a red and white plum tree. People born in the Year of the Ox are known to be difficult but, once committed, they are loyal for life. And the plum tree symbolizes conjugal loyalty. Exceptionally rare: One other impression is illustrated in Yoshida, Harunobu zenshu, p. 112. Indeed, Harunobu designed very few kachoga, unlike Koryusai who made many a few years later. This could have been intended as one of a set of twelve prints, but the likelihood is that it is a single design. Published c 1767. Fine impression with the outlines of the oxen heavily gauffraged. Exceptional condi…
Image record / 画像情報
KRUML · 1767 · kruml
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