The god of happiness fukurokuju writing with a pencil the number 77 on a sheet of paper. Above and on a pile behind him New Year Decorations, Where: under knotted rope, fern leaf, orange leaf, rice cakes and crayfish. The large round rice cakes symbolize infinity. The seventy-seventh birthday is in Japan as very important beschouwd. Manufacturer : printmaker: anonymous poet: Sakuragawa Jinko (listed property) Place manufacture: Japan Date: approx 1825 Physical characteristics: color woodblock; line block in black with color blocks material: paper Technique: color woodblock Dimensions: sheet: H
The god of happiness fukurokuju writing with a pencil the number 77 on a sheet of paper. Above and on a pile behind him New Year Decorations, Where: under knotted rope, fern leaf, orange leaf, rice cakes and crayfish. The large round rice cakes symbolize infinity. The seventy-seventh birthday is in Japan as very important beschouwd. Manufacturer : printmaker: anonymous poet: Sakuragawa Jinko (listed property) Place manufacture: Japan Date: approx 1825 Physical characteristics: color woodblock; line block in black with color blocks material: paper Technique: color woodblock Dimensions: sheet: H 209 mm × W 79 mmToelichtingEen surimono is a luxurious picture image which is combined with one or more poems. When the printing of a surimono was often use is made of thicker paper, embossing, and metal pigments, such as copper and silver powder. The prints were often commissioned by poets and as an exclusive gift to friends and contacts data. A egoyomi a calendar picture, in which the description for months hidden in the design. Were often egoyomi like surimono self-published and made gifts to friends. In Japan, they used until 1873 a lunar calendar, the sequence of long and short months ranged annually. Because only if a small number of publishers calendars were private publishing calendar prints against the rules of the government. To circumvent these rules, the calendar data was hidden in the prentontwerp.
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