Japanese color woodblock print of a long stick, a round green box, and a folded green cloth with horse motifs on a pebbled stand, with calligraphy at upper left.

Horse Iris Pattern (Koma shobu), Hokusai surimono print

A diagonal wooden stick with a metal cap rests above a gray-brown fan-like shape. Beside it sit a round green-patterned box and a folded green cloth printed with running horses and flowers, on a pebbled stand. Calligraphy fills the upper left corner.

Artist: Katsushika Hokusai
Date: 1822
Medium: Color woodblock print; shikishiban, surimono
Source: Art Institute of Chicago
Size: 1686 × 1949 px

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Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1822).
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Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Patricia Hyland

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