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Gaikoku kodomo yūgi no zu Title: Games of Foreign Children Artist: Yoshikazu (fl. ca. 1850-70) 1860:11 Format: Woodblock print Medium: Ink and color on paper Dimensions: triptych: 34.9 x72.9 cm (13 3/4 x28 11/16 in.) Source: Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution Among the most delightful subjects of Yokohama prints is the series by Yoshikazu of foreign children at play. Yoshikazu devised the prints from monochromatic illustrations in Western newspapers and magazines. The boys play on stilts while the girls skip rope. The rope is drawn in an awkward and impractical position, probably owing to the artist's lack of familiarity with the sport. [Adapted from Ann Yonemura, Yokohama: Prints from Nineteenth-Century Japan] Visualizing Cultures image number: Y0138 Keywords: Westerners, entertainment, foreign children |
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