Parody of Minamoto no Tametomo, Edo period (1615–1868), 1765, Japan, Polychrome woodblock print; ink and color on paper, 10 1/2 x 7 7/8 in. (26.7 x 20 cm), Prints, Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese, 1725–1770), In the picture-calendar the cyclical date for 1765 is hidden. Japan's system of cyclical dates for naming years combines the ten celestial stems with the twelve animals of the zodiac. Kinoto tori (the second of the ten stems and the zodiac sign of the rooster) appears on the left side of the warrior's neckband and 'Meiwa 2' (1765) is seen on the right
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Parody, Minamoto no Tametomo, Edo period, 1615–1868, 1765, Japan, Polychrome woodblock print, ink, color, paper, 10 1/2 x 7 7/8, 26.7 20 cm, Prints, Suzuki Harunobu, Japanese, 1725–1770, picture-calendar, cyclical date, hidden, system dates, naming years combines, ten celestial, stems, twelve animals, zodiac, Kinoto tori, second stems, zodiac sign, rooster, left side, warrior, neckband, Meiwa 2, right
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