Drinking Competition

Drinking competitions were often held in Edo, and this piece depicts participants getting drunk on sake in large cups. There are records of participants drinking about 35L of sake.

Artist: Utagawa Kuniyoshi
Published: Ansei 5 (1858)
Publisher: Otaya Takichi

Tokyo Metropolitan Library
https://www.library.metro.tokyo.lg.jp

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