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Kubo Shunman

1795, year of the rabbit · Woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper · Asian Art

This picture calendar (egoyomi) depicts a storyteller explaining a kontenki渾天儀, a type of armillary sphere or astrolabe, which usually would have consisted of a spherical framework of rings showing celestial bodies. Here it has been cleverly replaced with moveable calendar.

Artist

Kubo Shunman

Date

1795, year of the rabbit

Medium

Woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper

Culture

Japan

Department

Asian Art

Credit line

Purchase, Marjorie H. Holden Gift, 2012