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The First Emperor of the Qin Dynasty in China, in Search of the Magical Herbs of Longevity, Had Ten Great Ships Built, and the Court Magician Xu Fu with Five Hundred Boys and Girls, Carrying Treasure, Food Supplies, and Equipment, Set Out for Mount Penglai in the Eastern Sea (Morokoshi Shin no shikôtei chôsei furô no sen'yaku o motomen tame ni ôfune jissô o tsukurashi Hôshi Jofuku dônan dôjo gohyakunin to kingin shugyoku gokoku kizai o ... rashi Tôkai Hôraizan e itaru no zu)
Artist Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861),
Publisher Hoso-Sen (Japanese)
about 1843 (Tenpô 14)