Comment - This small print is composed of three New Year Fan designs from a 20th century artist (unsigned). The right fan design contains a tiger, a Daruma doll and doll of a female. The center fan design contains a Yakko kite ("yakko dako", "奴凧") and an Edo kite ("Edo-tako", "江戸凧") with the kanji charcter (Kanji kite, "ji tako", "字凧") for "dragon" (龍, ryū), and a wind-up spinning-top toy. The right hand fan design contains a Lion Dancer, and a Hanetsuki paddle with a shuttlecock. Hanetsuki is a traditional New Year holiday game similar to badminton, and almost exclusively played by females.


Series - unknown series


Artist - unknown 20th century artist


Signature - none


Publisher - Uchida (内田)


Image Size - 11.4 x 18.7cm (4 1/2" x 7 3/8") + margins as shown)


Condition - single sheet; nishiki-e (cloured woodblock); postcard size