Playing Cards - 15775 | Collections

Object Number:	15775
Current Location:	Collections Storage
Culture:	Japanese
Provenience:	Japan
Date Made:	1800-1893
Early Date:	1800
Late Date:	1893
Section:	Asian
Materials:	Paper Pigment Ink
Technique:	Painted
Iconography:	Flowers Leaves Birds Bridge Deer Human Figure Umbrella
Inscription Language:	Japanese Language
Credit Line:	Gift of Henry H. Giglioli, 1893

Description

48 rectangular paper playing cards. One side of each card is covered in black paper which raps around edges to form narrow black border which frames an image on white background on the other side. Yellow, pink, red, dark teal, and silver is applied on top of the ink outlines of the images. Scenes include leaves, flowers, birds, figure with umbrella, deer and bridge. Some of the scenes also have Japanese inscriptions.