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A Man Playing Backgammon with a Lady
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A Man Playing Backgammon with a Lady

Totoya Hokkei · 1822 · color woodcut; paper

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

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The Chinese Emperor Hsüan Tsung (685-762, Jp: Gensô) plays a game of sugoroku, a kind of backgammon or trictrac, with his favorite concubine Yan Kuei-fei (719-56, Jp: Yôkihi). With one poem.

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printsurimonoadult womanadult manbackgammon, tric-trac
Credit lineA Man Playing Backgammon with a Lady. 1822. Totoya Hokkei. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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