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Color woodblock print of a bearded man in an orange dragon-patterned robe and striped cap, looking up at smoke rising from an incense burner.

Emperor Wu of Han Burning Incense, Color Woodblock Print

A bearded man in an orange robe with a dragon design and a striped cap gazes upward at a thin column of smoke rising from a small censer on a stand. The flat color woodblock print uses pale grey and cream tones, with a large sweeping plume filling the right side.

Artist
Komatsuya Hyakki
Date
1765
Medium
Color woodblock print; left sheet of chuban diptych (right sheet: 1925.2144)
Source
Art Institute of Chicago
Size
1686 × 2330 px
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Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1765).
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

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