Hopping on one leg
- Date:
- 1897
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Source:
- Japanese Art Open Database
Description
"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.
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Frequently Asked Questions
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.