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Sakai Tadaaki
【Rabbits and rough horsetails】

Two cute, plump rabbits stand on a small hill. The combination of rough horsetail and rabbits is said to have become popular around the middle of the Edo period as a pattern on kimonos and porcelain known as the "rough horsetail and rabbit pattern.(木賊兎文)"
Number
D-152
Title
Rabbits and rough horsetails
Artist
Sakai Tadaaki
Detail
Materials : ink and colour on silk
wooden boxed
Size : W 45.5 × H 36.5 cm (Image) ・ W 57.5 × H 119.5 cm (Mount)
Condition: slightly soiled on the mount / slightly creased on the image
Artist History
Sakai Tadaaki (1811-1876) was a feudal lord from the end of the Edo period to the Meiji era. He was the ninth lord of the Dewa Shonai Domain and the eldest son of Sakai Tadakata. He worked to strengthen the Shonai coastal defenses and military system. He was also ordered by the shogunate to guard Shinagawa Battery and Ezo.
Price
120,000yen

Sakai Tadaaki
【Rabbits and rough horsetails】

Two cute, plump rabbits stand on a small hill. The combination of rough horsetail and rabbits is said to have become popular around the middle of the Edo period as a pattern on kimonos and porcelain known as the "rough horsetail and rabbit pattern.(木賊兎文)"
Number
D-152
Title
Rabbits and rough horsetails
Artist
Sakai Tadaaki
Detail
Materials : ink and colour on silk
wooden boxed
Size : W 45.5 × H 36.5 cm (Image) ・ W 57.5 × H 119.5 cm (Mount)
Condition: slightly soiled on the mount / slightly creased on the image
Artist History
Sakai Tadaaki (1811-1876) was a feudal lord from the end of the Edo period to the Meiji era. He was the ninth lord of the Dewa Shonai Domain and the eldest son of Sakai Tadakata. He worked to strengthen the Shonai coastal defenses and military system. He was also ordered by the shogunate to guard Shinagawa Battery and Ezo.
Price
120,000yen

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