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Staff with Gohei and Moon Disc
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
A circular disc with a hare with a pestle, attached to a wooden staff with strips of paper (gohei). In the foreground a small bronze bell with rope and a court hat (eboshi). The title comes from chapter 73 of the Tales of Ise and are the thoughts of a man walking past a woman's house. He cannot send her a message, but thinks: I can see you with my eyes but my hands cannot touch you - you are truly just like the cassia in the moon. With two poems.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineStaff with Gohei and Moon Disc. 1812. Kubota Shunman. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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