Maiko and shuttlecock
Typical Price
$200–$2,000. Common Kyoto views: $200–$500. Key value factors: Sadanobu III's colorful Kyoto prints are affordably priced and popular with beginning collectors. Seasonal scenes of famous temples are most popular.
$200–$2,000. Common Kyoto views: $200–$500. Key value factors: Sadanobu III's colorful Kyoto prints are affordably priced and popular with beginning collectors. Seasonal scenes of famous temples are most popular.
A maiko playing a shuttlecock game — likely hanetsuki, the traditional New Year's game — combining the maiko's formal elegance with the playful informality of a seasonal game. Maiko, whose professional lives are governed by strict protocols of dress, movement, and social conduct, are rarely depicted in casual play; the shuttlecock game represents one of those rare permitted moments of physical informality that provides Sadanobu III with a compositional opportunity to depict the maiko in motion rather than formal stillness.
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Maiko and shuttlecock was created by Hasegawa Sadanobu III (長谷川貞信三世).
Maiko and shuttlecock depicts bijin-ga.
