# Still Life with a Calabash, Year of the Horse

- By: Yashima Gakutei (1786–1868)
- Date: 1822
- Medium: Japanese paper (handmade paper)
- Classification: print
- Dimensions: height 211 mm x width 186 mm
- Credit line: Gift of J.H.W. Goslings, Epse
- Museum: [Rijksmuseum](https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/object/RP-P-1991-649--1014a6edbcf285a813661020f4b6a969)
- Rights: [Public Domain Mark](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)
- Picture: https://iiif.micr.io/STMqe/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Little Ones profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

Even though no horse is depicted in this print, it was made for the Year of the Horse. The horse is indicated by the calabash, which refers to the immortal Chokaro, who always carried a gourd with a horse inside. The turtle on the sake dish is a symbol of prosperity and long life. It exhales the word kotobuki, a prosperity wish for a long life.