Dish with Rabbit and Crescent Moon Motif (Geitto no Sara)

Japan

Edo period (1615-1868), 1625

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Actors Bando Shūka I as Inuzaka Shino, Seki Sanjūrō III as Komono Kakuzō, Nakamura Kantarō as Higami Kyūroku, and Nakayama Bungorō II as Hikiroku’s Wife Kamezasa, Utagawa Kuniyoshi, ink and color on paper
Hindu God Vishnu Dreaming the World into Existence Reclining on Sesa (Endless Serpent), with Lakshmi, Goddess of Abundance
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Nestled into mountains by the water are a complex of buildings devoted to silk production. Mulberry leaves are being harvested and dried. Cocoons are stored as they age and other activities are portrayed inside and outside the buildings.