The game of ken
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Ken (拳) is a game played with the hands, similar to
rock-paper-scissors. Prints depicting
the game of ken are called ken no e (拳の絵). Ken was often played as a drinking game
and was incorporated into several kabuki
plays as dances. After the imposition
of a ban on actor prints in 1842, Kuniyoshi produced numerous humorous
designs with thinly disguised actors’ portraits as animals or other objects
playing ken. Additional information about these prints
may be found in the article: Linhart, Sepp, Kuniyoshi’s Ken Caricatures
between 1847 and 1853, Andon, Vol.
83, 2008, pp. 5-29. |
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