File:Geisha Playing the Hand-Game Kitsune-ken (狐拳), a Japanese rock-paper-scissors variant, by Kikukawa Eizan (菊川英山).jpg
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English: Geisha Playing the Hand-Game Kitsune-ken ( ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Artist |
English: Kikukawa Eizan
日本語: 菊川 英山 |
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Title |
English: Geisha Playing the Hand-Game Kitsune-ken |
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Description |
English: Geisha playing kitsune-ken (fox-ken), an early Japanese rock-paper-scissor or sansukumi-ken game. This print is by Kikukawa Eizan, who is known for producing woodblock prints in the bijin-ga genre. From left to right: Village head (庄屋 shōya), fox (狐 kitsune), and hunter (猟師 ryōshi). The fox defeats the village head, the village head defeats the hunter, and the hunter defeats the fox. |
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Date |
circa 1820 date QS:P571,+1820-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902 |
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Medium | ink and color on paper | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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institution QS:P195,Q213322 |
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Source/Photographer | Victoria and Albert Museum, online collection | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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current | 10:31, 16 December 2014 | 1,000 × 500 (373 KB) | MuseumGeek | =={{int:filedesc}}== {{Artwork |artist = {{en|Kikukawa Eizan}} {{ja|菊川 英山}} |title = {{en|Geisha Playing the Hand-Game Kitsune-ken}} |description = {{en|1=Geisha playing ''kitsune-ken'' (fox... |
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