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Nagayama Kōin

Cakes Wrapped in Oak Leaves, possibly fifth lunar month of 1822

Description

Maker

Title

Cakes Wrapped in Oak Leaves

Year

possibly fifth lunar month of 1822

Medium

Polychrome woodblock print

Materials/Techniques

Materials

Techniques

Supports

Dimensions

Length: 21 cm (8 1/4 inches)

Place

Japan

Type

Credit

Gift of George Pierce Metcalf

Object Number

56.039.54

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Marking the Occasion

February 3 - May 28, 2006

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

September 15 - December 3, 2000

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.

Use

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