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It is good to do the first archery (Yumi hajime yoshi), from the series "A Series for the Hanazono Group (Hanazono bantsuzuki)", c. 1822. Color woodblock print; shikishiban, surimono.
Color woodblock print; shikishiban, surimono · 19 × 16.8 cm · Art Institute of Chicago
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- Museum title
- It is good to do the first archery (Yumi hajime yoshi), from the series "A Series for the Hanazono Group (Hanazono bantsuzuki)"
- Artist
- Totoya Hokkei Japanese, 1780-1850
- Date
- c. 1822
- Medium
- Color woodblock print; shikishiban, surimono
- Dimensions
- 19 × 16.8 cm (7 1/2 × 6 5/8 in.)
- Credit line
- Gift of Helen C. Gunsaulus
- Image license
- CC0 1.0 · Public domain
- Museum record
- Art Institute of Chicago
Galler’s rooms and hanging scale are imagined. The image is the museum’s original digital reproduction.