# A girl playing battledore and shuttlecock

**Katsukawa Shunshō** (Japanese, 1726–1792)  
18th century  
Color on paper  
H x W (image): 85.1 × 27.8 cm (33 1/2 × 10 15/16 in)

Courtesy of the National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian Institution, F1904.191. [The museum's record](https://asia.si.edu/object/F1904.191/).

## About this work

Katsukawa Shunshō painted this in 18th century. It is now at the National Museum of Asian Art in Washington, DC.

### [Katsukawa Shunshō](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/katsukawa-shunsho)

Japanese, 1726–1792

Shunshō founded the Katsukawa school and changed the way kabuki actors were portrayed, giving them recognisable individual features rather than standard types. From the late 1760s his actor designs, often in the narrow hosoban format, dominated the field. He was also a refined painter of beautiful women, and the young Hokusai spent his early years in his studio under the name Shunrō.

_Written by Ochre Editions._

## Facts

- Type: Painting
- Culture: Japanese
- Real size: about 34 × 11 in (85 × 28 cm). The original is larger than our largest print, 12 × 16 in, so every print is a reduction.
- Subjects: Playing, Edo period, Japan, (1600 - 1868), Ukiyo-e, Children, Game playing, Kakemono
- Colour: brown
- Rights: public domain (CC0 1.0); free to use for any purpose.

## Get it

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- Image: https://img.ochreeditions.com/a/1778/1920.jpg
- Giclée reproduction on Hahnemühle Photo Rag: 8 × 10 in $28; 11 × 14 in $38; 12 × 16 in $42
- Framed reproduction: 8 × 10 in $78; 11 × 14 in $98; 12 × 16 in $108
- Canvas reproduction: 8 × 10 in $58; 11 × 14 in $72; 12 × 16 in $79
- Print-ready file: 8 × 10 in $2; 11 × 14 in $2; 12 × 16 in $3

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