Lady Onoe and Elephant -

Title : Lady Onoe and Elephant

Date : 1867.

Details : Toyohara Kunichika: Lady Onoe and Elephant - Artelino

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".

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