# Seven women walking near a football court

- By: Katsukawa Shunsho 勝川春章 (1726-1792)
- Date: 1726-1792
- Medium: Color and gold on silk panel
- Classification: Paintings
- Dimensions: H x W (image): 157.8 × 82.7 cm (62 1/8 × 32 9/16 in)
- Culture: Japanese
- Credit line: Gift of Charles Lang Freer
- Museum: [Smithsonian Institution](https://asia.si.edu/object/F1905.308/)
- Rights: [CC0 (Smithsonian Open Access)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/web/6bee4354fe2120a520a5bd63941c5d0b.jpg
- Who can see it: Tweens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

Kemari, a game in which players form a circle and kick a ball back and forth without letting it fall to the ground, was played at the Japanese imperial court as early as the seventh century. Played on a court about six meters (twenty feet) on each side with its corners marked by four trees, the sport was popular among the aristocracy and later was adopted by warriors and commoners. Kemari competitions continue today.