Woodblock Print Stuffed Bird - Bull-Headed Shrike Hakuhodo located in the center of

located in the center of the Mino region

These are aluminum clothespins ubiquitous in Japan until around the 1970s

the brown has a metallic marbling

cover the head

6" (H with hook)

Woodblock Print Stuffed Bird - Bull-Headed Shrike Hakuhodo located in the center ofThe rustic and charming bull headed shrike (mozu) is printed on cotton using a woodblock and stuffed with rice husks. The rice husks give the perfect amount of volume and firmness to bring the life sized, expertly shaped and printed creature to life. Mozu are native to Asia and feed on insects, small crustaceans and amphibians. They are known to impale their prey on sharp objects such as thorns or pointed twigs. The pair of frogs on the belly