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Shogi stones
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Shogi stones

Katsushika Hokusai · 1822 · color woodcut; blind-stamped; paper

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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Pot with spring anemones and dwarf plum blossoms standing on a game board of a Japanese variant of chess, shogi. The stones in this game are also called 'horses', hence this design in this print series, issued for the new year of the horse in 1822. With two poems.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
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surimono
Credit lineShôgi stenen. 1822. Katsushika Hokusai. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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