#shunko #yearoftheox #ukiyoe #japaneseprint
The Year of the Ox starts soon so ...
This is a print by a lesser known Ukiyoe artist called Shunko.
I'm not entirely sure if the oxen are cows or water buffalo but note that one of them has a saddle!
Cattle were used for carrying loads as well as plowing fields or pulling carriages ! These two along with their humans are enjoying a rest before being loaded with that bundle of firewood or perhaps she's delivering that bundle and about to move it into that nearby shed?
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