Title: The Four Worthies (Plum, Bamboo, Orchid, Chrysanthemum) (Shikunshi) 竹洞四君子
Object type: Illustrated books
Date: 1853
Culture: Japan
Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
Artist:  Nakabayashi Chikutō 中林竹洞 
Artist bio: Japanese, 1776–1853
Artist nationality: Japanese
Artist role: Artist
Medium: Set of two woodblock printed books bound as one; ink on paper
Dimensions: 10 9/16 × 6 7/8 in. (26.8 × 17.5 cm)
Classification: Illustrated Books
Credit line: Purchase, Mary and James G. Wallach Foundation Gift, 2013
Department: Asian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY