Samurai with sake dish in hand, Minamoto no Yoshitsune sits on a brocade pillow with a sake cup in hand. In front of him is a ceremonial sake kettle, behind him typical New Year's decorations such as a miniature pine and plum tree with a crane and a turtle - all symbols for a long and happy life. With three poems, left sheet of a diptych, alcoholic drinks, trees: pine, Keisai Eisen (mentioned on object), Japan, 1825 - 1829, paper, colour woodcut, h 207 mm × w 188 mm

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Samurai with sake dish in hand, Minamoto no Yoshitsune sits on a brocade pillow with a sake cup in hand. In front of him is a ceremonial sake kettle, behind him typical New Year's decorations such as a miniature pine and plum tree with a crane and a turtle - all symbols for a long and happy life. With three poems, left sheet of a diptych, alcoholic drinks, trees: pine, Keisai Eisen (mentioned on object), Japan, 1825 - 1829, paper, colour woodcut, h 207 mm × w 188 mm

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