Two men Watching a Man Make a Painting of a Turtle, 1829 print Two older men watch how a younger man makes a painting of a long -haired turtle (minog game). This Surimono clearly shows a painting competition between Tôbôsaku (far right), Miura No ôsuke (with black Hofhoed) and Urashimatarô (foreground). According to legend, Urashimatarô once made a trip on a long -haired turtle, which is why he depicts it. A minog game would get a tail of seaweed after he was more than 1000 years old, that's why the long -haired turtle symbolizes a long life. Miura No ôsuke has depicted the figures of the shor
Two men Watching a Man Make a Painting of a Turtle, 1829 print Two older men watch how a younger man makes a painting of a long -haired turtle (minog game). This Surimono clearly shows a painting competition between Tôbôsaku (far right), Miura No ôsuke (with black Hofhoed) and Urashimatarô (foreground). According to legend, Urashimatarô once made a trip on a long -haired turtle, which is why he depicts it. A minog game would get a tail of seaweed after he was more than 1000 years old, that's why the long -haired turtle symbolizes a long life. Miura No ôsuke has depicted the figures of the short months (1,3,7,10) for the year 1829. The figures for the long months are circled in the text at the top of the Surimono. This print was a New Year's Surimono for the Miuraya Hikohachi, a shop in writing supplies in Edo (current Tokyo), and was not intended for sale, as the black cartouche below mentions. With one poem and text. paper color woodcut painter at work, in his studio. sitting figure (+ three persons). tools, implements of painter
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