/internal/media/dispatcher/1000575/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailYou Must Be a Real Man in Your Conduct; If You Do Nothing When Faced with Things, You Are Just a Shallow Man: Katagiri Sukesaku and Yasuhiko Yagoemon jô at the Battle of Shizugatake, from the series Newly Selected Records of the Taikô Hideyoshi (Shinsen Taikôki)1883 (Meiji 16)Utagawa ToyonobuMatsuki Heikichi (Daikokuya)Vertical ôban diptych; 36 x 48.6 cm (14 3/16 x 19 1/8 in.)Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paperGift of L. Aaron Lebowich50.2927a-b0The leftmost of three diptychs that fit together to form a six-sheet design.
The quotation in the subtitle contains the first two lines from a four-line poem, Heru yin, by Song-dynasty philosopher Shao Yong (1011-1077).
何如吟 邵雍
立身須作真男子 臨事無為浅丈夫
料得人生皆素定 空多計較意何如
The "What's the Point" Song by Shao Yong
You must be a real man in your conduct;
If you do nothing when faced with things, you are just a shallow man.
I know that life is predetermined,
So what is the point of worrying about it?Prints35.500000000036.000000000036.000000000025498901