（解説文要約）
明治時代の女の子の遊びを描いた作品です。　
メンコと呼ばれた小さな焼き物などを二人で人差指で交互に押し合います。　

上になった方が勝ちで相手のメンコを取り上げます。ズッコミとも言いました。

貝殻でも同じように遊ぶこともあったそうです。
左側に描かれているのは手まり遊びです。手まり歌を歌いながら遊んでいました。

 

 

 

Playing girls in the Meiji era from 1868 to 1912 are depicted in this painting.
Each of the two girls on the right alternately pushes a little piece of earthenware etc. called Menko with their forefinger.

The owner of the piecewhich runs on the other becomes the winner and takes the opponent’s one.

This game was also called Zukkomi. It is said that girls at that time also played this game with seashells.
The girl on the left is bouncing a ball. Girls enjoyed bouncing a ball and singing to the rhythm of the bounces.