Minneapolis Institute of Art

Procession of Frogs

Ogawa Haritsu

Date

c. 1738

Medium

Handscroll fragment, mounted as hanging scroll, ink and color on paper

Department

Asian Art

Institution

Minneapolis Institute of Art

Taken from the same picture scroll as “Frogs in Writing Contest, ” this section shows a high ranking “courtier” making his way through a stream on the back of a toad. He wears the ebōshi cap and karingu robes of the imperial court and is flanked by white-robed attendants. Unclothed frogs and tadpoles swarm along the periphery, like spectators at a parade. Japan, Asia

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