Ukiyo-e Educational Catalog · Record 42188

Parodies of Shogi, Japanese Chess

Artist / 作者: Utagawa Kuniyoshi歌川国芳
Date / 年代: 1797
Medium / 技法: 浮世絵 / Ukiyo-e / Edo / jaodb
Digital record / 画像記録: 835 × 1200 px
Source collection / 所蔵元: Japanese Art Open Database
Published by / 公開者: 星野アカリ
Rights / 権利: No reusable image license documented
Attribution / 表記: Japanese Art Open Database

Catalog note / 解説

Parodies of Shogi, Japanese Chess, by Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797-1861) This must be a humorous print irresistible to lovers of Japanese chess or shogi. And there are probably some viewers who can see themselves in the print playing shogi chess. The huge form of the human hand provides a fascinating contrast with the chessmen who seem to have come alive. We can get so carried away with the scene that we might overlook the superb rendition of the human hand.

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