The poet Ono no Tôfû Ono no Tôfû (title on object) A series about those who still have their teeth (series title) Shôshikai bantsuzuki (series title on object), Ono no Tôfû, or Michikaze (894-966) with a parasol in his hand, looking at a jumping frog. Ono no Tôfû was one of the big three calligraphers during the Heian period (794-1185). This performance refers to an event from his youth when he decided to continue his writer's career at the edge of a pond, after he saw frog making endless attempts to jump to a willow branch. With two poems., Totoya Hokkei (mentioned on object), Japan, c. 1822, paper, colour woodcut, h 211 mm × w 181 mm
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