puppy with kite and ball

Yanagawa Shigenobu, artist

1787–1832

puppy with kite and ball, 1826, Edo period (1600–1868)

Where object was made: Japan

Material/technique: color woodcut

Dimensions:
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 217 x 190 mm
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 85 7/16 x 74 13/16 in
Mat Dimensions (Height x Width): 19 x 14 in

Credit line: William Bridges Thayer Memorial

Accession number: 0000.1559

Not on display

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The poem on this print, published in a Dog Year, reads, "Let's fly kites,' 'Let's bounce a ball,' the children say, and go outside; inside, no one but the new spring dog." During the New Year, boys flew kites and girls bounced balls.