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  • Woodblock print of two sushi topped adorned with tan leaves served on a large brown leaf. A small leafy twig completes the arrangement. Handwritten text occupies the space above it.

Nagayama Kōin 長山孔寅

Cakes Wrapped in Oak Leaves

Maker

Nagayama Kōin 長山孔寅 (Japanese, 1765-1849

Title

Cakes Wrapped in Oak Leaves

Period

Edo Period

Year

1822

Medium

  • polychrome woodblock print

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

  • Polychrome woodblock print

Materials

ink and color

Supports

  • paper

Geography

Origin: Japan

Dimensions

Shikishiban: 21 x 17.6 cm (8 1/4 x 6 15/16 inches)

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of George Pierce Metcalf

Object Number

56.039.54

Type

  • Prints

Exhibition History

Eating in Edo
Apr 01, 2023 – Oct 08, 2023

Label copy

Kashiwa mochi, a round rice cake filled with red-bean paste and wrapped in a kashiwa (oak leaf), is commonly eaten on the fifth day of the fifth month during the festival known as Tango no Sekku. The oak leaf, which symbolizes strength and prosperity, is not eaten. During the Edo period, these cakes featured salty red-bean paste, as sugar was a luxury. Sweet red-bean paste became popular over time and today is the conventional filling in kashiwa mochi.

Surimono from Osaka and Edo
The Pumpelly Album
May 23, 2008 – Oct 05, 2008
Marking the Occasion
The Japanese Tradition of Surimono
Feb 03, 2006 – May 28, 2006

Label copy

These rice cakes, known in Japanese as Kashiwa mochi, are filled with sweet bean paste and wrapped in oak leaves for the celebration of the Boys’ Day Festival, a traditional holiday that fell on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month. In Modern Japan, the holiday is now called Children’s Day and falls on May 5.

Marking the Occasion
Surimono from Edo and Osaka
Sep 15, 2000 – Dec 03, 2000

Label copy

These rice cakes, known in Japanese as kashiwamochi, are filled with sweet bean paste and wrapped in oak leaves for the celebration of the Boys’ Day Festival, a traditional holiday that fell on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month. In modern Japan, the holiday is now called Children’s Day and falls on May 5.

Surimono
Selections from the Japanese Print Collection
Jun 09, 1998 – Sep 08, 1998
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Public Domain This object is in the Public Domain and available under a CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) Public Domain Dedication

Tombstone

Nagayama Kōin 長山孔寅 (Japanese, 1765-1849
b. in Akita)
Cakes Wrapped in Oak Leaves, 1822
Polychrome woodblock print
Shikishiban: 21 x 17.6 cm (8 1/4 x 6 15/16 inches)
Gift of George Pierce Metcalf 56.039.54

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