boys chasing a woman with sticks, Keisai Eisen

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Keisai Eisen, boys chasing a woman with sticks
Keisai Eisen, boys chasing a woman with sticks
Keisai Eisen
boys chasing a woman with sticks
1823, Edo period (1600–1868)
Keisai Eisen
1790–1848
boys chasing a woman with sticks, 1823, Edo period (1600–1868)
Where object was made: Japan
Material/technique: color woodcut
Dimensions:
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 211 x 183 mm
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 83 1/16 x 72 1/16 in
Mat Dimensions (Height x Width): 19 x 14 in
Credit line: William Bridges Thayer Memorial
Accession number: 0000.1497
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Archive Label date unknown: The sticks the boys carry are actually paddles which were used to stir kayu, a rice gruel which was ceremonially prepared and eaten on the fifteenth day of the first month of the year. It was popularly believed that if a childless woman were struck with one of these paddles, she would have a healthy male child. In Eisen's picture, the boys are chasing a young unmarried woman, causing her some embarrassment.