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「名馬揃 三 木下蔭」
No. 3, Under the Tree (Konoshita kage), from the series Famous Horses (Meiba soroe)
「名馬揃 三 木下蔭」
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 Number11.20736
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Carpenter et al, Reading Surimono (2008), #237; Hillier, Vever cat. 3 (1976), #797
DescriptionPoems translated in Carpenter et al 2008, p. 359.
The titles and poems in this series play on the names of famous horses in Japanese history. Konoshita, a fawn-colored horse (kage), was owned by the twelfth-century warrior Minamoto Nakatsuna.
The titles and poems in this series play on the names of famous horses in Japanese history. Konoshita, a fawn-colored horse (kage), was owned by the twelfth-century warrior Minamoto Nakatsuna.
Signed
Nisei Yanagawa Shigenobu ga
二世柳川重信画
二世柳川重信画
InscriptionsPoem by Goshintei San'en: Saku hana no/ kokage ni yorite/ harusame no/ ito ni kokoro no/ koma tsunagu kamo
Poem by Bokubokutei Kineo, Kashû: Harusame ni/ nureshi sugata zo/ utsukushiki/ hana no namima ni/ tatsu no miyahime
Poem by Shinryûtei Harukaze: Nodoka naru/ hinata yori nao/ harusame ni/ nurete ureshiki/ hana no kagemon
Poem by Bokubokutei Kineo, Kashû: Harusame ni/ nureshi sugata zo/ utsukushiki/ hana no namima ni/ tatsu no miyahime
Poem by Shinryûtei Harukaze: Nodoka naru/ hinata yori nao/ harusame ni/ nurete ureshiki/ hana no kagemon
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.