Hopping on one leg
- Date:
- 1897
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Source:
- Japanese Art Open Database
Key value factors: As self-carved and self-printed works, sosaku-hanga value is tied to the artist's reputation and edition size. Larger formats, earlier editions, and historically significant works command the highest prices.
"Hopping on One Leg" (1897) captures a moment of children's play — the specific balance challenge of one-legged hopping, a game that appears across many cultures as a test of physical control and coordination. The hopping child's characteristic posture — arms out for balance, one leg raised, expression concentrated or gleeful — gave Shuntei a dynamic compositional subject quite different from the quiet domestic scenes of his bijin-ga work. His children's prints consistently captured the energy and physical expressiveness of childhood movement.
Hopping on one leg was created by Miyagawa Shuntei (宮川春汀) in 1897.
Hopping on one leg depicts figures, children, and daily life.
