Mice, Radish, and Carrot
- Date:
- 1926
- Medium:
- Color woodblock print; oban
- Format:
- Oban
- Publisher:
- Watanabe Shozaburo
Shotei produced a wide range of subjects throughout his career under publishers Watanabe and Daikokuya. Signed, sealed lifetime editions consistently outperform unsigned export-market copies.
Three mice investigate a radish and a carrot — their whiskers quivering, their bright eyes alert, their small forms rendered with the precise naturalism of Shotei's [kacho-e](/glossary/kacho-e) practice. This 1926 [oban](/glossary/oban) print belongs to a group of mouse-and-vegetable compositions that Shotei returned to throughout his career, finding in the subject a combination of careful observation and gentle humor. The mice's association with Daikoku, god of wealth, gave the seemingly humble subject an auspicious undercurrent.
Woodblock print
c. 1832/38
Color woodblock print; oban
Yuki no Miyajima
1929
Color woodblock print; oban
1932
Woodblock print
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Mice, Radish, and Carrot was created by Takahashi Shotei (高橋松亭) in 1926.
Mice, Radish, and Carrot was published by Watanabe Shozaburo (1926).
Mice, Radish, and Carrot depicts snow scenes and food & drink.
