First Part of Story of The Western Chamber

A tall vertical print shows a walled Chinese compound seen from above, with tiled roofs, a stone-paved courtyard, a central tree, and small figures moving through pavilions and gates. Pagodas and a distant temple float among layered clouds above, and a dense procession fills the lower right. Columns of calligraphy run across the top.

Look closer: A small figure in red sits at a low table in the lower left, near the wall.

Artist

Unknown

Date

1736–95

Medium

Polychrome woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Source

The Cleveland Museum of Art

Size

1542 × 3400 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund