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| Keywords: Kashimado - Ono no Tofu - Walters 9592.jpg Ono no Tofu a 10th-century calligrapher and statesman seven times failed to achieve promotion at the imperial court Leaving the palace one day he noticed a frog attempting to leap up to the branch of a willow tree Seven times the frog leaped; seven times it failed On the eighth try it succeeded and Ono no Tofu took heart embarking on his illustrious career and serving in later centuries as a model for schoolchildren learning to write 1850-52 Edo ink and color on mulberry paper cm 25 5 18 5 accession number 95 92 10699 Justine Lewis Keidel date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Gift of Justine Lewis Keidel 1986 Signature Hirosada place of origin Osaka Japan Walters Art Museum license 2D Japanese prints in the Walters Art Museum Historic samurai prints Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Konishi Hirosada Ono no Michikaze | ||||
