The poet Ono no T?f? Ono no T?f? (title on object) A series about those who still have their teeth (series title) Sh?shikai bantsuzuki (series title on object), Ono no T?f?, or Michikaze (894-966) with a parasol in his hand, looking at a jumping frog. Ono no T?f? was one of the big three calligraphers during the Heian period (794-1185). This performance refers to an event from his youth when he decided to continue his writer's career at the edge of a pond, after he saw frog making endless attempts to jump to a willow branch. With two poems. Totoya Hokkei (mentioned on object), Japan, c. 1822, paper, colour woodcut, h 211 mm ⊙ w 181 mm.