Wednesday 18 October 2017

A Hokkei Tsurezuregusa Surimono Print

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The juxtaposition of radishes and armor in this print are a reference to one of one of the stories in Kenko's Tsurezuregusa, a tale of a man who eat 2 boiled radishes, the large white japanese variety every day for years. While his residence was attacked two soldiers appeared and defended it and then informed the man they were the radishes or the spirits thereof.




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