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Hand-colored Japanese woodblock print of a room with robed figures in perspective, red and gold ceiling bands with calligraphy, and open screens.

Original Perspective Picture of the Fashionable Seven Gods of Good Fortune (Furyu shichi fukujin uki-e kongen)

A hand-colored woodblock print in perspective shows a sunlit interior with figures in Edo-period robes gathered around a room, some kneeling, others standing near open screens. Gold and red bands across the top carry calligraphic characters, and receding floorboards create depth.

Artist
Okumura Masanobu
Date
1740s
Medium
Hand-colored woodblock print; ōban, beni-e
Source
Art Institute of Chicago
Size
1686 × 1138 px
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Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1749).
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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