Washing the White Elephant

After Ding Yunpeng, China

Qing dynasty (1644-1912), About 1800

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Temple In Park at Osaka, Japan, hand-colored albumen print
Small print of scenes along the Tokaido.
A hanging scroll depicting a deer standing with a mirror on the saddle on its back. The mirror holds the images of five Buddhist deities. In the background is the Kasuga shrine in Nara. The deer is the symbol of the Shinto gods who live there.
Actor Onoe Baikō IV(?) as Sakuraya no Koman, Utagawa Toyokuni, ink and color on paper