Courtesans Playing Kickball in the Garden of the Chôjiya

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Courtesans Playing Kickball in the Garden of the Chôjiya

丁子屋庭先の蹴鞠

Utagawa Toyokuni I (Japanese, 1769–1825)
Publisher: Wakasaya Yoichi (Jakurindô) (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

about 1791–93 (Kansei 3–5)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

Dimensions Vertical ôban diptych; 39.4 x 51.6 cm (15 1/2 x 20 5/16 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.7479-80

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Hizô Ukiyo-e taikan/Ukiyo-e Masterpieces in European Collections 2, British Museum II (1988), fig. 173 (complete triptych)

DescriptionDiptych (two sheets of incomplete triptych): 21.7479 (left), 21.7480 (right)

Signed Toyokuni ga (on each sheet)
豊国画

Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
改印：極

ProvenanceFebruary 1913, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from J. Clarence Webster Collection; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.