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Smoking Dragon
Moriki Rosetsu1868
- Attribution
- Moriki Rosetsu Japanese, active 19th century
- Medium
- Color woodblock print; surimono
- Physical dimensions
- 12.3 × 36.5 cm (4 7/8 × 14 3/8 in.)
- Credit line
- Charles H. Mitchell Collection unrestricted gift
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This is a witty New Year’s image of an ash container of a smoking set ( tabakobon ). The ash from a pipe was usually knocked out and placed in a bamboo tube that formed a part of the smoking set. As such, this tube typically emitted a small trail of smoke. In the imagination of the artist, the tube held a fire-breathing dragon, emitting smoke from its mouth and lurking just inside.
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