見立『平家物語』 紅葉焚図, Parody of Palace Servants Heating Sake over a Fire of Maple Leaves, Edo period (1615–1868), ca. 1750, Japan, Red-colored woodblock print (benizuri-e); ink and color on paper, Image: 16 5/16 × 11 3/4 in. (41.4 × 29.8 cm), Prints, Okumura Masanobu (Japanese, 1686–1764), In one scene of The Tale of the Heike, Emperor Takakura happens upon servants who have swept up maple leaves to make a fire to heat sake. The emperor remarks that they seem to be aware of a poem by the Tang poet Bo Juyi alluding to just such a scene
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見立『平家物語』 紅葉焚図, Parody, Palace Servants Heating Sake, Fire, Maple Leaves, Edo period, 1615–1868, ca, 1750, Japan, Red-colored woodblock print, benizuri-e, ink, color, paper, Image, 16 5/16, 11 3/4, 41.4, 29.8 cm, Prints, Okumura Masanobu, Japanese, 1686–1764, scene, Tale, Heike, Emperor Takakura happens, upon, servants, swept up, maple, leaves, fire, heat sake, emperor remarks, aware, poem, Tang poet, Bo, Juyi, alluding
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