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「名馬揃 六 摺墨」
No. 6, Grinding Ink (Roku, Surusumi), from the series Famous Horses (Meiba soroe)
「名馬揃 六 摺墨」
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; 21 x 18.5 cm (8 1/4 x 7 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.20731
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Carpenter et al, Reading Surimono (2008), #239; Hillier, Vever cat. 3 (1976), #797
DescriptionPoems translated in Carpenter et al 2008, p. 362.
The titles and poems in this series play on the names of famous horses in Japanese history. Surusumi, spelled with different characters, was the name of a horse owned by Minamoto Yoritomo.
The titles and poems in this series play on the names of famous horses in Japanese history. Surusumi, spelled with different characters, was the name of a horse owned by Minamoto Yoritomo.
Signed
Nisei Yanagawa Shigenobu ga
二世柳川重信画
二世柳川重信画
InscriptionsPoem by Shikôsha Mimihiko, Kashû (Kaga province): Tsuyokaranu/ fude no susabi o/ otomego no/ tehon ni utsusu/ kaze no aoyagi
Poem by Chôkintei Aoki: Hatsuyume ni/ mishi omokage ya/ kakizome ni/ hiraku ôgi wa/ Fuji no yamagata
Poem by Shakuyakutei: Murasaki no/ Akama suzuri ni/ fude somete/ egaki somuran/ sumire sawarabi
Poem by Chôkintei Aoki: Hatsuyume ni/ mishi omokage ya/ kakizome ni/ hiraku ôgi wa/ Fuji no yamagata
Poem by Shakuyakutei: Murasaki no/ Akama suzuri ni/ fude somete/ egaki somuran/ sumire sawarabi
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.