Woodblock print of a man in a dark robe asleep at a go board, with calligraphy in a column at left and a small dreamlike landscape above.

Go Player Dreaming of Chinese Sages Playing Go

A seated man in a dark robe rests his head on a low table beside a go board, with a faint dream scene of figures in a landscape above. Vertical columns of calligraphy fill the left half of the sheet, and a small interior with flowers and a scroll appears at right.

Artist: Dunken
Date: 19th century
Medium: Color woodblock print
Source: Art Institute of Chicago
Size: 1686 × 1274 px

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Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1900).
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