PrintsJapanese19th century

Girl Holding Battledore and Shuttlecock and Kneeling Woman by Buckets/ Yamakawa Dance (Yamakawa odori), from the series Three Dances Upclose (Sanyō (?) jin), with poems by Kahontei (Hanamoto?) Nemaru and Naniwatei Soyokaze

Edo period,

Artists

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎Artist

Classification

Prints

Medium

Ukiyo-e woodblock-printed "surimono" in "kokonotsu-giri ban" format; Ink, color and metallic pigment on paper

Culture

Japanese

Period

Edo period, 1615-1868

Century

19th century

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Asian Art

Dimensions

Paper: H. 13.7 cm x W. 18.6 cm (5 3/8 x 7 5/16 in.)

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