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Kawanabe Kyōsai
Entangled Balls, Inept Dilettantecirca 1863-1866

Not on view
Japanese woodblock print with multiple comic figures in two-tiered scene: tumbling semi-nude figures above, robed figures laughing and drinking below, with Japanese text inscriptions
Artist or Maker
Kawanabe Kyōsai
Japan, 1831-1889
Title
Entangled Balls, Inept Dilettante
Place Made
Japan
Date Made
circa 1863-1866
Period
Edo period (1603 - 1868)
Medium
Color woodblock print
Dimensions
Image: 6 11/16 × 4 5/8 in. (16.99 × 11.75 cm) Sheet: 7 5/16 × 5 1/16 in. (18.57 × 12.86 cm)
Credit Line
Herbert R. Cole Collection
Accession Number
M.84.31.524
Classification
Prints
Collecting Area
Japanese Art