Playing the "Hand Game"
https://clevelandart.org/art/1985.258
This scene depicts three people playing a game in which three players make hand gestures simultaneously. The relationship among the gestures determines the winner. Known as hand games, during the eighteenth century they were popular in Japan among courtesans. In this version,...
Painting
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152430
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painting
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citation
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| language |
language
en
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wikidata
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"Q60475548"
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source
import
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| accession |
accession
1985.258
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Source image fields (4)
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Terms
Culture
Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)
Technique
hanging scroll; ink and color on paper
Genre
Painting
Department
Japanese Art
Relations
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