Chinese scholar with goblet of wine, Yoshiki Rakuzan

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active 1850s–1860s
Chinese scholar with goblet of wine, 1862, Edo period (1600–1868)
Where object was made: Japan
Material/technique: color woodcut
Dimensions:
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 190 x 255 mm
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 74 13/16 x 100 3/8 in
Mat Dimensions (Height x Width): 14 x 19 in
Credit line: William Bridges Thayer Memorial
Accession number: 0000.1536
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This privately published print shows a traditional Chinese scholar surrounded by the accoutrements of his leisure hours: his books, his five-stringed Qin, and a pot of wine. To his left appear fourteen Haiku, a short, strictly metered form of Japanese poetry.

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