men (male humans); women; Japanese maple; kimonos; mountains; trees; biwa; mountains
Meiji period color woodblock image from the series, "Snow, Moon, Flower." In the image the Imperial Cabinet Minister (Taisei Daijin) Moronaga is interrupted while playing a Biwa by a water god (Suijin). In the inset a hairy fox-eared beast, the...
In the 11th century novel Tale of Genji, the Third Princess, young wife of the middle age Prince Genji, ventures to the verandah of her quarters to observe some courtiers playing kickball / kemari. Although she is supposed to stay hidden behind...