Sacred Wine Bottles and Yema (Sacred Picture for Dedication in the Temple)

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http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/54535

A wooden chicken plaque and sacred sake on an offering stand, offered to Toshigami, a Shinto god, to celebrate the New Year of the Rooster. Unlike most Ukiyo-e, this is probably a privately commissioned piece.

Artist: Katsushika Hokusen
Published: Bunka 10 (1813) or Bunsei 8 (1825)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art
https://www.metmuseum.org

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