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Arm Wrestling in the Clouds
"Neither man yielded in the slightest, and as the third hour of their tussling passed, Tansai rose from his seat to inspirit them. His cheers echoed up through the heavens as the forms of all three men disappeared into the clouds."
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The illustration portrays the final scene of the story:
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Tansai, an elderly hermit holding an Uchiwa fan, is serving as the referee for the arm-wrestling match.
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Hitachibō Kaizon, an impossibly old man who appeared at Tansai's mountain hut, is the left wrestler.
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Inomata no Koheiroku, an acquaintance of Kaizon's from yesteryear, is grappling from the right.
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Mount Hakone is depicted beneath the men, as they rise to the heavens.
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