Japanese woodblock print of children in patterned kimono playing drum and flute on steps beneath a hanging bell, with a dancing child and a fan-holding girl.

Evening Bell of Dojoji, from Eight Views of Children

A Japanese color woodblock print shows children in kimono performing on a wooden staircase beneath a hanging bell. Seated figures at left play a drum and flute, while a child in a long patterned robe dances near a kneeling girl holding a fan at right. Green and ochre tones fill the composition.

Artist: Torii Kiyomitsu I
Date: c. 1764
Medium: Color woodblock print; oban
Source: Art Institute of Chicago
Size: 1686 × 1194 px

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Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1769).
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Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, Clarence Buckingham Collection

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Evening Bell of Dojoji, from Eight Views of Children

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