Go: History and Collection Facts

Go: Catalogue date: [between 1781 and 1789]. Original format: Photo, print, drawing. Medium: 1 print : woodcut, color ; 25.6 x 18.7 cm..

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Catalogue description

Print shows several children fighting during a game of "go."

Collection details

Catalogue date: [between 1781 and 1789]
Original format: Photo, print, drawing
Medium: 1 print : woodcut, color ; 25.6 x 18.7 cm.
Language: English; Japanese
Location as catalogued: Japan
Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Call number: FP 2 - JPD, no. 548 (A size) [P&P]
Catalogue subjects: Children--Chinese--Japan--1780-1790; Play (Recreation)--Japan--1780-1790; Go (Game); Fighting--Japan--1780-1790
Named contributors: Torii, Kiyonaga, 1752-1815 — artist; Torii, Kiyonaga, 1752-1815, artist.

Catalogue notes

Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006.
Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of Congress).
From the series: Karako asobi : Chinese children playing.

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