Ō Shitsu 王質

Ch: Wang Zhi (ca. 255-209 BC). A Jin dynasty woodcutter from Quchuan 衢川, who while wandering through the mountains of Guzhou 古州 gathering firewood, discovered a cave full of men playing go 碁. One of them offered him a date stone to eat and on putting it in his mouth, Wang fell into a trance. When he awoke, Wang returned home only to find that centuries had passed. In painting he is depicted with his woodcutter's axe and carrying bundles of brushwood. Wang's association with men playing go led to his inclusion in scenes of *kinkishoga 琴棋書画 such as Kano Takanobu's 狩野孝信 (1571-1618) pair of screens (Seattle Art Museum). Wang Zhi also is the subject of parody pictures *mitate-e 見立絵 by *ukiyo-e 浮世絵 artists.