Chōbunsai Eishi

鳥文斎栄之画 「畧六花撰 喜撰法師」 |Matching Shells (Kai-awase), “Kisen Hōshi,” from the series Modern Parodies of the Six Poetic Immortals (Yatsushi rokkasen: Kisen Hōshi)

ca. 1796–98
Polychrome woodblock ōban print; ink and color on paper
37.9 × 24.8 cm (14.9 × 9.8 in)

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