Owl in Tree

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Owl in Tree

Artist Nampo (Japanese)

DateMeiji Era (1868-1912)

Dimensions11 1/2 × 9 in. (29.2 × 22.9 cm)

Mediumwatercolor

ClassificationDrawings

Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1912.636

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Label TextEagle Owls were seen as mediators between gods and humans in Japanese culture. Traditionally, carvings of owls were kept in Japanese homes to ward off famine and disease—a practice that has transformed today into the “lucky owl” figurines readily found in Japanese gift stores.Exhibition HistoryToledo Museum of Art, For the Birds, April 13-October 14, 2012.

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