Black-and-white woodblock print of a sleeping man beside a procession of figures on a path, with a horseman, a palanquin, and a waterfall in the background.

The Courier Kantan Dreaming of Himself as a Daimyo, Woodblock Print by Okumura Masanobu

A black-ink woodblock print in sumizuri-e style shows a dreaming courier on the ground while a procession of attendants with a palanquin and horsemen in striped robes passes along a winding path. A waterfall and rocky cliffs fill the upper left.

Artist: Okumura Masanobu
Date: c. 1716/35
Medium: Woodblock print; oban, sumizuri-e
Source: Art Institute of Chicago
Size: 1686 × 1186 px

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Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1740).
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Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, Clarence Buckingham Collection

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