Games of Spring

Creator

UTAGAWA Kuniyoshi

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Creation Date

1847–52

Geography

Japan

Culture

Japanese

Medium

Woodblock print

Dimensions

In frame: 14 ¹/₂ × 19 ¹/₂ in. (36.83 × 49.53 cm)
Not in frame: 9 ¹/₂ × 14 in. (24.13 × 35.56 cm)

Credit Line

Bequest of David P. Harris ('46), 2020

Accession Number

2020.413

Provenance

Collected by David P. Harris. Source and date unknown.

Condition

Some color fading but otherwise in good condition. September 2022. - Ani Parnagian

Signatures, Inscriptions, and Markings

Artist signature at the lower right corner. Printing house mark at the lower left corner.

Creator Biography

UTAGAWA Kuniyoshi (1797–1861)

Publisher: Yorozu-ya Kichibei

Description

This print is the center sheet of a triptych of beautiful women (bijin) playing battledore (hago-ita). For the rightmost sheet, see 2020.412 (http://digital.kenyon.edu/arthistorystudycollection/1426) and for the leftmost sheet, see 2020.414 (http://digital.kenyon.edu/arthistorystudycollection/1425).