Japan – Two young women playing hanetsuki (badminton/battledore/shuttlecock), studio photograph
Yokohama, Japan: c 1890. Hand-tinted albumen print, 10 1/2 x 8 inches (266 x 203 mm), numbered 624 in negative, pencil inscription on verso. Unmounted; housed in an archival mat with clear mounting corners.
Hanetsuki is a traditional Japanese game, often played by girls at the New Year, and similar to racket games like badminton but without a net. It is played with a rectangular wooden paddle called a hagoita and a brightly colored shuttlecock, called a hane.
Condition: Fine.
Item number: 1913
Price: $400.00
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