Within the moon
Daozhe Chaoyuan 道者超元 (Jp. Dōsha Chōgen, aka Dōshagen, 1602-1662)
Japan, Edo Period (1615-1868)
Hanging scroll, ink on paper
30.7 x 48 cm; 114.3 x 51.6 cm (mounted)
Collection of Stuart Katz
Within the moon: on the night of the wedding,
By chance the names of the successful candidates are posted.
—trans. Stephen Addiss