The weasel represents bad luck in Japanese mythology. They love to steal chicken eggs and one can perhaps imagine here an angry rooster protecting the nests of his brood of hens.
- Titles Rooster and Weasel (Proper)
- Artist Ohara Koson, Japan, 1877 - 1945@Published by, Kawaguchi, Japan
- Medium ink and color on paper
- Dimensions 14 5/8 × 10 5/8 in. (37.1 × 27 cm)
- Credit Line Collection of the Art Fund, Inc. at the Birmingham Museum of Art; Gift of Dr. Roy T. Ward, AFI.165.2013
- Work Type woodbock print
- Classification Prints
- Signature Recto, in black, lower right: Hōson (豊邨) Recto, red seal, below signature: Hōson (豊邨)
- Marks Recto, seals of carver and printer, bottom left on border: Carver Maeda Printer Komatsu (彫前田 摺小松, Hori Maeda Suri Komatsu) Recto, seal, below carver and printer's seals: All Rights Reserved (版権所有, Hanken shuyū) Recto, seal of publisher, lower right on border: Kawaguchi (カワグチ)