Hanging scroll painting - By Sagawa Dokuji, former head of Gojo Tenjin Shrine in Ueno - Paper - Animal - Parade of frogs - Japan - ca 1930 (Early Showa period)

Hanging scroll painting - By Sagawa Dokuji, former head of Gojo Tenjin Shrine in Ueno - Paper - Animal - Parade of frogs - Japan - circa 1930 (Early Showa period) Parade of Frogs Segawa Dokuji, former head of Gojo Tenjin Shrine Showa period, 20th, circa 1930 Ink on paper in blue silk border with turned wood rollers With two creases 56 x 211 cm Tonosama Gaeru (Lord Frog) is indicative of advancing in one’s position. The scroll is by the former head of Gojo Tenjin Shrine, in Ueno, Tokyo, founded in 1627 to enshrine Tokugawa Shogunate founder Tokugawa Ieyasu (1543-1616) . Here Ieyasu was called “the god lord” by the Shogunate. His name is read Segawa Dokuji (The Segawa family have been at the shrine since the 1600s.)