Porcelain bowl and scissors, issued by followers of the poet Tsurunoya Osamaru

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Porcelain bowl and scissors, issued by followers of the poet Tsurunoya Osamaru

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Description

Surimono (literally meaning "printed thing") are a luxury genre of Japanese woodblock prints, privately commissioned for special occasions such as the New Year. Matthi Forrer describes the simple arrangement of Shōzo Ittei's charming surimono, identifying the bowl's contents as dandelion leaves, and the textured battledore-shaped implement as a grater. The characters on the bowl are those for fuku (luck) and fu (long life), while the flowing silver emblem is that of the poetry club that assem...

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Date created

1824

Creator

Shozo Ittei

URL

https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/1528945

Related subjects

Bowls (Tableware) / Scissors & shears / paper / ink / colour woodcuts / surimono / nishiki-e / works on paper / woodcut / embossing / Meiji / Badminton / Japan / Japanese / Osaka

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