karakoasobi　唐子遊
CATEGORY:　art history / paintings
　
Ch:Tangzi You.　A painting subject of Chinese children at play. The theme has two types: in the first children play with the pot-bellied eccentric Budai 布袋 (Jp: *Hotei); in the second they frolick in a court garden. The children typically play games such as hide-and-seek or tag, but sometimes are depicted in adult activities such as the Four Accomplishments (*kinki shoga 琴棋書画). In China, the subject was a favorite of Song Academy painters. In Japan, the theme often was rendered by Kanou school (*Kanouha 狩野派) artists. Later, it was parodied by *ukiyo-e 浮世絵 artists, notably Suzuki Harunobu 鈴木春信 (1725-70) and Torii Kiyonaga 鳥居清長 (1752-1815). The subject is also used for ceramic and lacquer designs.
　

　
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