Oibane, Playing Battledore and Shuttlecock — 追羽根
- Date:
- 1953
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Format:
- Oban
- Publisher:
- Watanabe Shozaburo
- Source:
- Japanese Art Open Database
$1,500–$12,000. Common subjects: $1,500–$4,000. Key value factors: Shimura's refined bijin-ga have a devoted collector base. Earlier prints and rarer subjects command premiums.
This 1953 [oban](/glossary/oban) woodblock print shows a woman playing oibane, the traditional Japanese game of battledore and shuttlecock (hanetsuki). Shimura Tatsumi captures the athletic grace of the game, the player reaching upward to strike the feathered shuttlecock with her decorated paddle. The game was traditionally associated with the New Year season, and its depiction in prints carried associations of celebration, feminine leisure, and the physical vitality of winter holidays. Shimura renders the kinetic moment with fluid lines that convey the upward sweep of the arm and the reactive billow of the kimono sleeve.
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Oibane, Playing Battledore and Shuttlecock — 追羽根 was created by Shimura Tatsumi (志村立美) in 1953.
Oibane, Playing Battledore and Shuttlecock — 追羽根 was published by Watanabe Shozaburo (1953).
Oibane, Playing Battledore and Shuttlecock — 追羽根 depicts music.
