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「新撰太閤記 立身須作真男子 臨事無為浅丈夫」 「片桐助作」 「安彦弥五右エ門尉」
You 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)
「新撰太閤記 立身須作真男子 臨事無為浅丈夫」 「片桐助作」 「安彦弥五右エ門尉」
Japanese
Meiji era
1883 (Meiji 16)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban diptych; 36 x 48.6 cm (14 3/16 x 19 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of L. Aaron Lebowich
Accession Number50.2927a-b
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
http://kunisada.de/Toyonobu-Taikoki/Toyonobu-Taikoki-new.html
DescriptionThe 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?
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?
Signed
Toyonobu ga (on right sheet only)
豊信画
豊信画
Provenance1950, gift of Louis Aaron Lebowich (b. 1880), Boston, to the MFA. (Accession Date: September 14, 1950)