Calligraphy

mid 19th century (Edo)

44 cm 193.5 cm

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The characters mean, "Happiness is a long life of fortune and upright character." Such a saying is Chinese Confucian in character, and Beian has written it in ancient Chinese clerical script.

Drawing

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Mami Yasukochi, Tokyo; Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, 1990, by purchase.
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