drawing (art)

Ink painting on paper depicting sports and pastimes mounted on card. On the right two sumo wrestlers in a ring with a referee. Other sumo wrestlers are watching the match from outside the ring. Two children also near the ring. In the centre eight people including one Buddhist monk and a child. Two are talking to one another. On the left two people holding fishing rods stand and talk. Two men fish at a lakeside. People in boats on the lake also fishing. A mountain (Mt Fuji?) at the far side of the lake. Inscription in bottom left.

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