鈴木春信画 将棋・三十六歌仙 「中納言兼輔」, A Young Woman and Man Playing Shōgi (Japanese Chess); Chūnagon Kanesuke, from a series alluding to the Thirty-Six Poetic Immortals (Sanjūrokkasen), Edo period (1615–1868), ca. 1767–69, Japan, Polychrome woodblock print; ink and color on paper, 11 1/8 x 8 1/8 in. (28.3 x 20.6 cm), Prints, Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese, 1725–1770), A young woman watches her male companion make the final moves in a game of shōgi (Japanese chess) next to an andon floor lamp signaling nighttime and a fan indicating summer. The series to which this print belongs links classical poems by thirty-six of the most famous poets of ancient and medieval times with up-to-date images of young men and women in fashionable garb
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鈴木春信画 将棋・三十六歌仙 「中納言兼輔�, Young Woman, Man Playing Shōgi, Japanese Chess, Chūnagon Kanesuke, series alluding, Thirty-Six Poetic Immortals, Sanjūrokkasen, Edo period, 1615–1868, ca, 1767–69, Japan, Polychrome woodblock print, ink, color, paper, 11 1/8 x 8 1/8, 28.3 20.6 cm, Prints, Suzuki Harunobu, Japanese, 1725–1770, young, woman, watches, male companion, final moves, game, shōgi, chess, next, andon floor, lamp, signaling, nighttime, fan indicating, summer, series, print belongs, links, classical, poems, thirty-six, famous poets, ancient, medieval times, up, date images, young men, women, fashionable garb
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