Immortals and Toad

Possibly Kamisaka Sekka

About 1911

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Round fan with calligraphy
Actor Nakamura Shikan II as Matsuōmaru, Utagawa Sadatora, ink and color on paper
Jar with dark blue ground with gilt dragons decoration
Wearing the unadorned hairstyle of an ascetic and notably without jewelry she has four hands: the upper right holding a rosary, the upper left holding a sickle, the lower right making a boon-granting gesture. The lowered left holding a water pot with a handle. Her lion stands to her right. A doe rests beneath a buck at her left. A radiating mandorla radiates like flower peals behind. Her sari clings to her body. Her eyes are wide open with a slight smile. Damage to the face and left breast as well as the two upper hands.