The seven philosophers of the bamboo forest Chikurin shichiken (title on object) A series of ten prints of famous songs for the Katsushika poetry association (series title) Katsushikaren meis? j?ban (series title on object), Seven wise men stand around a bamboo grove. One of them is playing the flute, another is playing the biwa and a third is reading one from a role. With two poems. Yashima Gakutei (mentioned on object), Japan, c. 1828, paper, colour woodcut, h 210 mm ⊙ w 186 mm.