White elephant; A white elephant; with a blanket lying on three pillows. This is a reference to the idea that stroking a statue of an ox lying on a pillow brings luck. With two poems; one about an ox that turns into an elephant; and one about a mouse and the trunk of an elephant. Made following the end of the year of the Rat (mouse) and the beginning of the new year of the Ox; trunked animals: elephant; Kubota Shunman (mentioned on object); Japan; 1805; paper; colour woodcut; h 127 mm x w 174 mm