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「名馬揃 七 染月毛」
No. 7, Applying Dye (Shichi, Sometsukige), from the series Famous Horses (Meiba soroe)
「名馬揃 七 染月毛」
Yanagawa Shigenobu II (Japanese, active about 1830–60)
Japanese
Edo period
1834 (Tenpô 5)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Shikishiban; 20.8 x 17.8 cm (8 3/16 x 7 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.20730
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Carpenter et al, Reading Surimono (2008), #240; Keyes, Art of Surimono (Chester Beatty cat., 1985), vol. 2, #272; Polster & Marks, Surimono (1980), p. 355; Hillier, Vever cat. 3 (1976), #797
DescriptionPoems translated in Carpenter et al 2008, p. 363; and Polster & Marks, Surimono (1980), p. 348.
The titles and poems in this series play on the names of famous horses in Japanese history. Sometsuki was the name of a horse owned by Shibata Shigeie, and tsukige "moon hair" is a term for a horse with a pale coat.
The titles and poems in this series play on the names of famous horses in Japanese history. Sometsuki was the name of a horse owned by Shibata Shigeie, and tsukige "moon hair" is a term for a horse with a pale coat.
Signed
Nisei Yanagawa Shigenobu ga
二世柳川重信画
二世柳川重信画
InscriptionsPoem by Shôchikuen Hanagasa: Uguisu no/ kinaku hikage ni/ kurenai no/ kozome no ume no/ niou tokiginu
Poem by Kôtôtei Kasasagi: Kurenai ni/ hito hake hikishi/ asagasumi/ somemura no naki/ haru no sora iro
Poem by Matsunoya Kotobuki: Iro somete/ shinshi o haru no/ nodokesa wa/ hakeme ni kasumu/ kurenai no kinu
Poem by Kôtôtei Kasasagi: Kurenai ni/ hito hake hikishi/ asagasumi/ somemura no naki/ haru no sora iro
Poem by Matsunoya Kotobuki: Iro somete/ shinshi o haru no/ nodokesa wa/ hakeme ni kasumu/ kurenai no kinu
ProvenanceBy 1911, purchased by William Sturgis Bigelow (b. 1850 - d. 1926), Boston [see note 1]; 1911, gift of Bigelow to the MFA. (Accession Date: August 3, 1911)
NOTES:
[1] Much of Bigelow's collection of Asian art was formed during his residence in Japan between 1882 and 1889, although he also made acquisitions in Europe and the United States. Bigelow deposited many of these objects at the MFA in 1890 before donating them to the Museum's collection at later dates.
NOTES:
[1] Much of Bigelow's collection of Asian art was formed during his residence in Japan between 1882 and 1889, although he also made acquisitions in Europe and the United States. Bigelow deposited many of these objects at the MFA in 1890 before donating them to the Museum's collection at later dates.