Toad and Mouse

Getsuju, late 18th–early 19th century

Text and image coexist in this painting of a massive frog, accompanied by a small white mouse. The text surrounding the two creatures tells of a man who encounters a man wearing a monk’s robe and another in rags. · description from the collection

Collection data

Artist: Getsuju ¹
Date: late 18th–early 19th century ¹
Medium: Hanging scroll, ink on paper ¹
Original: 2,860 × 5,321 px ¹
License: Public domain (Minneapolis Institute of Art)
Credit: Minneapolis Institute of Art, Gift of the Clark Center for Japanese Art & Culture

Object record, Minneapolis Institute of Art

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