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Source Description
Ono no Tofu, a 10th-century calligrapher and statesman, seven times failed to achieve promotion at the imperial court. Leaving the palace one day, he noticed a frog attempting to leap up to the branch of a willow tree. Seven times the frog leaped; seven times it failed. On the eighth try it succeeded, and Ono no Tofu took heart, embarking on his illustrious career and serving in later centuries as a model for schoolchildren learning to write.
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Document identity
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10699
label
Ono no Tofu
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obj
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print
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1
Source metadata
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10699
sourceUrl
contentType
print
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normalized
title
Ono no Tofu
description
Ono no Tofu, a 10th-century calligrapher and statesman, seven times failed to achieve promotion at the imperial court. Leaving the palace one day, he noticed a frog attempting to leap up to the branch of a willow tree. Seven times the frog leaped; seven times it failed. On the eighth try it succeeded, and Ono no Tofu took heart, embarking on his illustrious career and serving in later centuries as a model for schoolchildren learning to write.
provenance
Justine Lewis Keidel [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1986, by gift.
date
1850-52 (Edo)
citationUrl
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CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Prints
woodblock prints
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1
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1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
25.3
height
18.8
dimensionsRaw
H: 9 15/16 x W: 7 3/8 in. (25.3 x 18.8 cm)
style
Osaka School
Source extras
cul
Japanese
inscriptions
[Signature] Hirosada
med
ink and color on mulberry paper
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14965
6406
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JPK
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none
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1
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0
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photo
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