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Japanese print of a seated reader by a thatched hut window, bare plum branches in foreground, village and bridge beyond.

Scholar Reading in a Hut

A seated figure reads by the window of a thatched hut with a wooden veranda, while bare plum branches cross the foreground. Beyond, a low wooden bridge leads toward a village of pink-roofed houses under distant hills, with a bird in flight and columns of calligraphy above.

Artist
Keisai Eisen
Date
c. 1820s
Medium
Color woodblock print with metallic pigments; shikishiban, surimono
Source
Art Institute of Chicago
Size
1686 × 1907 px
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Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1834).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Art Institute of Chicago, is_public_domain=true)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, Clarence Buckingham Collection

Español: Erudito leyendo en una cabaña

Una figura sentada lee junto a la ventana de una cabaña con techo de paja y galería de madera, mientras ramas desnudas de ciruelo cruzan el primer plano. Al fondo, un puente bajo de madera conduce a un pueblo de casas con tejados rosados bajo colinas lejanas, con un pájaro en vuelo y columnas de caligrafía arriba.

Português: Erudito lendo em uma cabana

Uma figura sentada lê perto da janela de uma cabana com telhado de palha e varanda de madeira, enquanto galhos nus de ameixeira atravessam o primeiro plano. Ao fundo, uma ponte baixa de madeira leva a uma aldeia de casas com telhados rosados sob colinas distantes, com um pássaro em voo e colunas de caligrafia acima.

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