The tigers are frightened by the snake-eye trademark of the sushi shop because it resembles the family crest of the historical samurai Katô Kiyomasa (generally called "Masakiyo" or sometimes "Watônai" in prints) who was said to have killed a tiger (an animal not found in Japan) during the Japanese invasion of Korea in the 1590s. Hares are associated with the full moon, and the round dumplings are moon-shaped.
MFA impressions: 11.15977, 11.36612
The complete series: 11.19766–11.19777 (plus 54.238, duplicate of 11.19767).
MFA impressions: 11.15976, 11.28736, 11.36611
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MFA impressions: 11.19767 (signed), 54.238 (unsigned) The complete series: 11.19766–11.19777 (plus 54.238, duplicate of 11.19767).
MFA impressions: 11.22166, 11.28631
MFA impressions: 11.22168 (with date seal), 11.28634 (without date seal)
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The Twelve Correspondences (jûni choku), an important feature of Edo-period astrology, were a chronological sequence of days that were considered lucky or unlucky for various activities, calculated according to the orientation of the Big DIpper with respect to the twelve signs of the zodiac (jûnishi). In this series Kunisada associates each of the twelve lucky or unlucky days noted in the almanac with one of the twelve months.
The complete series: 11.19766–11.19777 (plus 54.238, duplicate of 11.19767).
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The complete series: 11.19766–11.19777 (plus 54.238, duplicate of 11.19767).
The complete series: 11.19766–11.19777 (plus 54.238, duplicate of 11.19767).
The Twelve Correspondences (jûni choku), an important feature of Edo-period astrology, were a chronological sequence of days that were considered lucky or unlucky for various activities, calculated according to the orientation of the Big DIpper with respect to the twelve signs of the zodiac (jûnishi). In this series Kunisada associates each of the twelve lucky or unlucky days noted in the almanac with one of the twelve months.
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![Mitsu: Moon of Mid-autumn [in the Eight Month] (Chûshû no meigetsu), from the series Scenes for the Twelve Correspondences According to the Ise Almanac, Middle Section (Reki chûdan tsukushi, Ise goyomi mitate jûni choku)](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/04/4c/f7/044cf756a6438e17c4301c7ba23adeea.jpg)
The Twelve Correspondences (jûni choku), an important feature of Edo-period astrology, were a chronological sequence of days that were considered lucky or unlucky for various activities, calculated according to the orientation of the Big DIpper with respect to the twelve signs of the zodiac (jûnishi). In this series Kunisada associates each of the twelve lucky or unlucky days noted in the almanac with one of the twelve months.
MFA impressions: 06.2533, 11.19326
The Twelve Correspondences (jûni choku), an important feature of Edo-period astrology, were a chronological sequence of days that were considered lucky or unlucky for various activities, calculated according to the orientation of the Big DIpper with respect to the twelve signs of the zodiac (jûnishi). In this series Kunisada associates each of the twelve lucky or unlucky days noted in the almanac with one of the twelve months.
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