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A Poetry-slip on a Ceremonial Stand
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A Poetry-slip on a Ceremonial Stand

Ryûryûkyo Shinsai · 1807 · color woodcut; blind-stamped; paper

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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Hanging from a black pole is a brocade curtain and a ritual hammer. This type of hammer was hung at court on the first day of the new year of the rabbit to ward off evil. On a table, a narrow strip of paper for writing poems; a tanzaku. With five poems.

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Credit lineA Poetry-slip on a Ceremonial Stand. 1807. Ryûryûkyo Shinsai. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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