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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!
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