Preview
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
2020.414
Provenance
Collected by David P. Harris. Source and date unknown.
Condition
Wrinkling and creasing of page throughout, dents on frame and glue and fingerprints on glass. 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
Artist: UTAGAWA Kuniyoshi (1797–1861)
Publisher: Yorozu-ya Kichibei
Description
This is the leftmost sheet of a triptych depicting beautiful women (bijin) playing with battledores (hagoita). For the rightmost sheet, see 2020.412 (http://digital.kenyon.edu/arthistorystudycollection/1426). For the center sheet, see 2020.413 (http://digital.kenyon.edu/arthistorystudycollection/1424).