Imaginary Portrait of Shundai Dazai, late 1700s-1800s. Shundai (1680-1747) was a noted Confucian scholar and writer. Brought up with a strongly Confucian family background, #x2019;s veneration for Shundai is understandable. The inscription is by Nozawa Hikoroku, a scholar and poet contemporary with Buncho.

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