Catalog record · 目録番号 62121

Football Player and Monkeys - Edo Embroidery Pictures

Artist / 作者: Toyohara Chikanobu楊洲周延
Date / 年代: 1886
Medium / 技法: 浮世絵 / Ukiyo-e / Meiji / artelino
Digital image / 画像: 615 × 900 px
Published by / 公開者: 黒川トウマ

Catalog note / 解説

"Azuma Nishiki Chuya Kurabe" (Edo Embroidery Pictures, Comparison of the Day and the Night). Fujiwara Ason Narimichi of the Heian Court was an excellent "kemari" (ancient football play done by aristocrats) player. He was practicing kemari under a large tree on which several monkeys were watching his practice. The legend said that he got the secret art of kemari from the monkeys.

Image record / 画像情報

Artelino · 1886. · artelino

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