Seven women walking near a football court
1726-1792
- Medium
- Color and gold on silk panel
- Dimensions
- 157.8 × 82.7 cm
- Status
- In Museum Collection
- Collect24 Art ID
- C24-127347
Kemari, a game in which players form a circle and kick a ball back and forth without letting it fall to the ground, was played at the Japanese imperial court as early as the seventh century. Played on a court about six meters (twenty feet) on each side with its corners marked by four trees, the sport was popular among the aristocracy and later was adopted by warriors and commoners. Kemari competi…
Provenance
Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Registry history
- 1726-1792 — Recorded in the collection of National Museum of Asian Art
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