Sugoroku no kenka (Children Quarreling over a Sugoroku Game)
Suzuki Harunobu, Sugoroku no kenka (Children Quarreling over a Sugoroku Game), ca. 1768-1770, color woodblock print with embossing on paper; chūban nishiki-e, The Mary Andrews Ladd Collection, public domain, 32.89
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- Title
Sugoroku no kenka (Children Quarreling over a Sugoroku Game)
- Related Titles
catalog entry; descriptive: Children Quarreling over a Sugoroku Game
original language: 双六のけんか
transliterated: Sugoroku no kenka
- Artist
- Date
ca. 1768-1770
- Period
Japan: Edo period (1615-1868)
- Medium
color woodblock print with embossing on paper; chūban nishiki-e
- Catalogue Raisonné
Ukiyoe shūka v. 9, fig. 16
- Dimensions (H x W x D)
image: 10 3/4 in x 8 3/8 in; sheet: 11 1/8 in x 8 3/8 in
- Inscriptions & Markings
signature: 鈴木春信画, printed in black, center right Transliteration (Translation): Suzuki Harunobu ga (picture [by] Suzuki Harunobu) Language: Japanese
- Collection Area
Asian Art; Graphic Arts
- Category
Prints
Japanese Traditional Prints
- Object Type
relief print
- Culture
Japanese
- Credit Line
The Mary Andrews Ladd Collection
- Accession Number
32.89
- Copyright
public domain
- Terms
Harunobu designed a number of charming scenes of daily life, especially children at play. Here a board game of sugoroku has been interrupted by a fight between its main players. The young boys wrestling wear richly patterned robes, suggesting that they are from wealthy households and perhaps indicating a special occasion, such as a New Year's celebration.
- Exhibitions
2011 The Artist's Touch, The Craftsman's Hand: Three Centuries of Japanese Prints from the Portland Art Museum Portland Art Museum
2018 Suzuki Harunobu and the Culture of Color Portland Art Museum
