Girl playing battledore and shuttlecock

A hanging scroll shows a young girl in a flowing orange-pink kimono, her hair adorned with pins and a dark bag slung over one shoulder. She holds a rectangular battledore decorated with a small motif, set against a plain pale ground with an inscription at lower left.

Artist

Hishikawa Sori 菱川宗理 (active 1789-1818)

Date

1615-1868

Medium

Ink and color on silk

Source

Smithsonian (National Museum of Asian Art)

Size

532 × 1458 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Asian Art