juuroku musashi　十六武蔵

KEY WORD :　art history / paintings

A kind of table game played with one king and 16 round, pawn-like piece of paper on each side of a divided board. The board and pieces were decorated with woodblock print designs. Utagawa Kunisada 歌川国貞 (1786-1864) devised a series of prints of beautiful women *bijinga 美人画 for one such game set.

REFERENCES:

EXTERNAL LINKS:

NOTES:

(C)2001 Japanese Architecture and Art Net Users System.　No reproduction or republication without written permission. 掲載のテキスト・写真・イラストなど、全てのコンテンツの無断複製・転載を禁じます。