The story of the bamboo cutter, Kubota Shunman, c. 1800 print Still life with a luxuriously bound book on which Taketori Monogatari (the story of the bamboo cut) stands. The objects on this print refer to the five impossible assignments that must be carried out in the story: finding Buddha's charmy nap; a jewelry branch of the mythical island of Hōrai; The legendary dress of the fire rat from China; a jewel of the neck of a dragon; A specific snail house. With one poem. paper color woodcut book.

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