Modern Children’s Games

(Tôsei kodomo asobi, 當盛子供遊び)

Publisher: Ômi-ya Heihachi

c. 1835

This series is listed as number 119 in Kuniyoshi by Basil William Robinson (Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 1961). The prints are each about 14 by 10 inches (36 by 25 centimeters), a size known as ôban.

	Description: Children with fans and umbrella
	Description: Festival parade
	Description: Lion dance (Shûjaku) NOTE: The word shishi (lion, 獅子) is written on the fan, indicating that this print shows children performing the kabuki dance, Hanabusa Shûjaku no Shishi. I am grateful to Ward Pieters for locating this image.
	I am grateful to Robert Pryor for this alternate state of the above design without any purple.
	Description: Handa inari dance I am grateful to Ward Pieters for locating this image.

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