A Young Woman and Man Playing Shogi (Japanese Chess); Chunagon Kanesuke, from a series alluding to the Thirty-Six Poetic Immortals (Sanjurokkasen). Artist: Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese, 1725-1770). Culture: Japan. Dimensions: 11 1/8 x 8 1/8 in. (28.3 x 20.6 cm). Date: ca. 1767-69.A young woman watches her male companion make the final moves in a game of shogi (Japanese chess) next to an andon floor lamp signaling nighttime and a fan indicating summer. The series to which this print belongs links classical poems by thirty-six of the most famous poets of ancient and medieval times with up-to-date images of young men and women in fashionable garb. The ancient poem by Fujiwara no Kanesuke (877-933)--better known by his court title Chunagon (Middle Captain)--complements the languorous mood of the image: Mijika yo no fukeyuku mama ni Takasago no mine no matsukaze fuku ka to zo kiku As this short nightdeepens, is thatthe soughing of the wind through pines on the slopes of Mount Tagasago we hear-

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A Young Woman and Man Playing Shogi (Japanese Chess); Chunagon Kanesuke, from a series alluding to the Thirty-Six Poetic Immortals (Sanjurokkasen). Artist: Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese, 1725-1770). Culture: Japan. Dimensions: 11 1/8 x 8 1/8 in. (28.3 x 20.6 cm). Date: ca. 1767-69.A young woman watches her male companion make the final moves in a game of shogi (Japanese chess) next to an andon floor lamp signaling nighttime and a fan indicating summer. The series to which this print belongs links classical poems by thirty-six of the most famous poets of ancient and medieval times with up-to-date images of young men and women in fashionable garb. The ancient poem by Fujiwara no Kanesuke (877-933)--better known by his court title Chunagon (Middle Captain)--complements the languorous mood of the image: Mijika yo no fukeyuku mama ni Takasago no mine no matsukaze fuku ka to zo kiku As this short nightdeepens, is thatthe soughing of the wind through pines on the slopes of Mount Tagasago we hear-

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