Children in traditional dress, playing ball on a verandah overlooking a garden. Colour woodcut by Chikanobu, 1883.

  • Hashimoto, Chikanobu, 1838-1912.
Date:
1883
Reference:
37184i
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Children in traditional dress, playing ball on a verandah overlooking a garden. Colour woodcut by Chikanobu, 1883. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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The scene is traditional, but in this period, songs were composed to make children aware of the advantages of modernity (therefore perhaps intended ironically)

Publication/Creation

Edo [Tokyo] : [publisher not identified], 1883.

Physical description

1 print : woodcut, printed in colours

Lettering

Yōshū Chikanobu hitsu Bears publisher's mark and set title

Notes

Ball song for education in modernity (one)

Reference

Wellcome Collection 37184i

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