Artist:
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Hisaharu Tanikado
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Title:
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The Game of Go
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Date:
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c. 1924
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Medium:
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Ink and colors on silk
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Dimensions:
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70 3/4 x 91 1/4 in. (179.71 x 231.78 cm) (image)
72 3/4 x 93 1/4 in. (184.79 x 236.86 cm)
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Credit Line:
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The William Hood Dunwoody Fund
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Location:
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Gallery 253
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Tanikado Hisaharu studied with the Kyoto artist Kikuchi Keigetsu, who specialized in idealized images of beautiful women. He moved to Tokyo when he was twenty-seven, and for three years he lived among, and painted images of, the prostitutes of the Yoshiwara pleasure district. He used traditional materials and formats, but judiciously infused elements from western painting including subtle shading to give his figures a greater sense of naturalistic volume. Here he shows two courtesans intently enjoying a game of go during their leisure time. Evening must be approaching as both women have already applied heavy white makeup to their faces, necks, and the backs of their hands. A cloth to protect her hair while applying makeup still sits atop one woman's head. The other woman holds a long, red-lacquered pipe. Both women are shown wearing tie-dyed inner robes that will be covered when they don their more elaborate outer kimonos.
Artist/Creator(s)
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Name:
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Tanikado, Hisaharu
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Nationality:
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Japanese
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Life Dates:
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1893 - 1971
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Object Description
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Inscriptions:
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Inscription
LLC, in black and red: untranslated inscription
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Classification:
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Paintings
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Physical Description:
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two kneeling women (one wears peach and white kimono, other wears light blue and white kimono), with a Go board between them; board platform and vessel for playing pieces is blush pink with tan and brown flowers; woman at R holds a thin brown and black pipe; two fold screen
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Creation Place:
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Asia, Japan, , ,
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Accession #:
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2006.4
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Owner:
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The Minneapolis Institute of Arts
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