Moveable rotating calendar mounted on elaborate wave-base with rabbit crest

Kubo Shunman

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

This picture calendar (egoyomi) depicts a storyteller explaining a kontenki渾天儀, a type of armillary sphere or astrolabe, which usually would have consisted of a spherical framework of rings showing celestial bodies. Here it has been cleverly replaced with moveable calendar.

Asian Art

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Met's collection of Asian art—more than 35,000 objects, ranging in date from the third millennium B.C. to the twenty-first century—is one of the largest and most comprehensive in the world. Each of the many civilizations of Asia is represented by outstanding works, providing an unrivaled experience of the artistic traditions of nearly half the world.

Metropolitan Museum of Art