If the shipping is to other area, please proceed to 'Check Out'. The shipping cost will be shown there.
( You will not be charged unless you click 'Submit' button. )
Issued in the 1st year of the Meiji era.
In Japan, iris used to be used like herb as well as talisman against evil. Also, iris is called Shobu in Japanese, and it has the same sound as the word means Samurai's spirit. Accordingly, in the modern ages, iris began to be decorated on the boys' festival on May 5th. In this painting, children separated into two groups are playing with something like ropes in their hands. This is a child play in the Edo era competing the loudness and strongness of the sound which is made when children hit the ground with a whip made of iris leaves.
On the other hand, there is another explication on this painting that the competition between these two groups of children means the battle between the existing goverment and the new power during the Boshin civil war in the Meiji Restoration.
Slight soiling
Copyright 2007 Japanese Fine Arts.com by Shukado inc. All Rights Reserved.
Item #109001402
