http://collections.mfa.org/internal/media/dispatcher/1092225/resize%3Aformat%3DfullThe Wudu Mountains (Butozan), Representing Yasuhide: Girls Playing a Poetry Card Game, from the series Six Poetic Immortals (Rokkasen)late 1810s–early 1820sUtagawa KuniyasuWoodblock print (surimono); ink, color, and metallic pigment on paperThe Wudu Mountains are mentioned in The Romance of the Three Kingdoms, a Chinese historical novel that was also well-known in Japan. The relevance of a Chinese place name to the theme of Japanese poetry is not clear; it may have had a personal meaning for the customer who commissioned this privately-printed work.Prints20.7000000000 Centimeterhttp://collections.mfa.org/objects/212520/rdf