Japanese Print "Lady Onoe and Elephant" by Toyohara Kunichika
Artist:Toyohara Kunichika
Title:Lady Onoe and Elephant
Date:1867.
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Source:artelino - Japanese Prints
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Description:
From the series of prints depicting Kabuki actors and thirty-six riddles and poems. This one compaired Onoe with elephant. It has something to do with the popular Kabuki play, Kagami-yama in which Onoe commited suicide because she was slapped by Iwafuji with her "zori" (Japanese sandal) and the Japanese word for elephant is "zo".
