“Comical Twelve Signs of the Zodiac” Oxen Sensitive to Spicy Food

In the Edo period, bonito sashimi was often eaten with mustard, but perhaps that mustard was too strong? The stinging pain runs up one’s nose.

Artist: Utagawa Kuniyoshi
Published: Tenpo 12 (1841)
Publisher: Edoya Matsugorou

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