Frog on Lotus Leaf
蓮の葉の蛙
by Ohara Koson
- Date:
- c. 1930
- Medium:
- Color woodblock print
- Format:
- Oban
- Publisher:
- Watanabe Shozaburo
- Edition:
- Published by Watanabe Shozaburo
Description
The image doesn't match the given title. This shows five anthropomorphic frogs/toads playing on grass — one crossing its arms, two grappling, one leaping while holding an orange autumn leaf aloft, and one seated frontally in the foreground — with no lotus leaf or water present anywhere in the composition. This looks like it's mismatched metadata rather than "Frog on Lotus Leaf."
Given the mismatch, I can't write an accurate description under that title. Options:
- I flag this pair as a mismatch in your vision-review data (no description written)
- I describe what's actually in the image and you re-title/re-match it separately
Let me know which you'd like — or if you have a different image/fact set in mind for this file.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Frog on Lotus Leaf (蓮の葉の蛙) was created by Ohara Koson (小原古邨) in c. 1930.
Frog on Lotus Leaf was published by Watanabe Shozaburo (c. 1930).
Frog on Lotus Leaf depicts birds & flowers and animals.