Colour woodblock-printed triptych. Parody of lu sheng's (j: rosei) dream, here dreaming of the pleasures of contemporary edo (tokyo) at shinagawa: greeting sunrise in boat on edo bay, feasting in restaurant, being entertained to classical music; joining procession of top-rank courtesan under cherry-blossom. Inscribed, signed and marked. Date: circa 1820. Dimensions: Height: 36.50 centimetres (each); Width: 25.50 centimetres (each). Medium: paper. Depicted People: Lu Sheng. Collection: British Museum. Rosei kantan issui no yume 魯生耶潭一炊夢 (Lu Sheng's Transient Dream at Handan) (BM 1909,0406,0.473.1-3)
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