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Daikoku and Shoki Playing Chess

Okumura Toshinobu

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Black and white drawing of two men playing chess. The man on the left sits with his legs tucked under him on the floor. He wears a long kimono with a design on it and a traditional Japanese hat. His hair is styled in a traditional Japanese manner. The man on the right sits on a low stool. He wears a short-sleeved kimono and a traditional Japanese headband. He has a long white beard. Between the men is a low table with a chessboard on it. The men are in a tatami room. The floor is covered in a grid pattern with small floral designs. The walls are paneled. A shoji screen is visible on the right. A large circular object with a bow on it rests against the shoji screen.

Artwork details

Date:
ca. 1730
Medium:
Monochrome woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Culture:
Japan
Dimensions:
600 × 461 px
Museum record:
View original
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