puppy with kite and ball, Yanagawa Shigenobu

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Yanagawa Shigenobu, puppy with kite and ball
Yanagawa Shigenobu, puppy with kite and ball
Yanagawa Shigenobu
puppy with kite and ball
1826, Edo period (1600–1868)
Yanagawa Shigenobu
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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Archive Label date unknown: 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.