A Gwailo's View of Han Zi ! A Blog featuring my experiments with Han Zi and digital typographic art and articles on Chinese derived characters. Also some articles on Chinese characters in general and their use of multiple Asian languages.
#yearoftheox #moronobu #oxdrawncarriage #japaneseprint
MORONOBU PRINT
This print by MORONOBU illustrates a Kyoto about the slaying of a demon and its head being put on display. I have however chosen it because it clearly shows the bull and its yoke and the structure of oxcarts. Cattle in Japan were primarily draught animals not diary or meat animals.
One notes the poor bull is not happy with its cart's unusual load and is being coaxed or forced along!
#yanciping #waterbuffalo #Chinesepainting #yearofthemetalox
A note on buffalos and other bovines
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Yan Ciping |
I have noticed over many years a tendency of any bovines in a Chinese painting to simply be labelled oxen or cattle regardless of what kind of bovines they are. For examples this painting's description does not mention this is a WATER BUFFALO COW with her CALF.
In a couple of weeks its the year of the Cow / Ox / bovine in the East Asian and I'll be sharing images of bovines in East Asian art with you. AND I will try to remember to focus on actual oxen.
Yes Water buffalo are bovines of the GENUS BOS but they are a completely different species!
#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?
#surimono #daikon #mooli
Readers if you cook help me start the new year suggesting or sharing your favorite daikon pickle recipes! I want to pickle some daikon and carrots !
I have more ebooks to share and poetry translations and as its the Year of the Metal Oz I will am searching for some artwork featuring Bulls and Oxen so follow me please.
Also don't forget to check on my www.patreon.com/JVartndesign for technozi prints and posters or mini book pdfs
