Japanese Print "Hago (Shuttlecock)" by Takeuchi Keishu
Artist:Takeuchi Keishu
Title:Hago (Shuttlecock)
Date:Meijji - Taisho ca 1910
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Source:Robyn Buntin of Honolulu
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Description:
A beauty holding a hagoita (battledore), a game similar to badminton played on New Year's by girls and young women. She is pictured before pines and a shimenawa (sacred twists of rice straw rope) created for the New Year to banish the old year's evil spirits and get a fresh start. The plum branches decorating the hagoita, pines, and shimenawa are auspicious symbols for the New Year. Merritt/Yamada - Woodblock Kuchi-e Prints
