The image depicts a pillar print. The print features a vertically oriented post. The post is pinkish with a semicircular symbol at the top. There are black Japanese characters down the center of the post. A gray owl-like creature hangs from the post facing left. Green vines and white flowers are wrapped around the post, to the right of the animal. A brown and white object resembling a seed pod is on the left. The background is beige with a few scattered black dots. Two thin brown lines are at the bottom.
Artwork Details
- Date
- 18th–19th century
- Medium
- Part of an album of woodblock prints (surimono); ink and color on paper
- Culture
- Japan
- Dimensions
- 337 × 624 px
- Public Domain
- Yes
- Museum Record
- View original
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