Childrenʼs Games

(kodomo asobi no uchi, 子供あそびのうち)

Publisher: Ise-ya Rihei

c. 1836

This series is listed as number 114 in Kuniyoshi by Basil William Robinson (Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 1961). The prints are each about 10 by 14 inches (25 by 36 centimeters), a size known as ôban. Newly Published Children’s Games may be considered a continuation of this series. I am grateful to Robert Pryor for his contributions to this series.

Title: None

Description: Boys in a mock battle with a plaited iris standard and a Shôki banner

Title: The Riverbank (Kawagari, 川がり)

Description: Children playing on the banks of a stream

Title: Children playing at New Years (Kodomo asobi haru geshiki, 子供あそび春げしき)

Description: Children playing with kites and battledores, and as samurai visiting with gifts

Title: Logrolling (Kakunori, 角のり)

Description: Children performing various balancing stunts

Title: The month of March (Yayoi, 弥生)

Description: Girls at play in the doll festival (hinamatsuri)

Another state without any purple

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