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The Collection of Alec Wood

The Eleventh Month (Jūichigatsu) from the series Twelve Months of Children at Play (Kodomo asobi jūnitsuki)
「子供遊び十二つき　十一月」
Nakajima Yoshiume 中島芳梅 (1819-1879)
Publisher: Honya Seishichi 本屋清七
c. early 1840s
Signature
一鶯齋　芳梅画
Ichiōsai Yoshiume ga
Commentary
The top figure, holding bells (kagura suzu 神楽鈴), performs Sanbasō 三番叟 in front of a pine tree backdrop (matsubame 松羽目). The lower figures perform Echigo-jishi, the Echigo Lion Dance.
Dimensions
Vertical ōban; 26.4 × 37.9 cm (10.4 × 14.9 in)
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