The nine old men from Kôzan Kôzan kyûrô (title on object) A series of ten prints of famous songs for the Katsushika poetry association (series title) Katsushikaren meisû jûban (series title on object), The two old men play the game gô, the other seven are around them. The nine old men were friends of the poet Pai Chü-i (772-846), known in Japan as Hakurakuten and an ambitious man who had so many enemies that he was eventually banished to the provinces. With two poems., Yashima Gakutei (mentioned on object), Japan, c. 1822, paper, colour woodcut, h 210 mm × w 187 mm, Reimagined by Gibon, design

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