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「月耕随筆 馬術 間垣平九郎」 （＝曲垣平九郎）
The Horsemanship of Magaki Heikurô (Bajutsu, Magaki Heikurô), from the series Gekkô's Miscellany (Gekkô zuihitsu)
「月耕随筆 馬術 間垣平九郎」 （＝曲垣平九郎）
Japanese
Meiji era
1893 (Meiji 26)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 35.3 × 24.2 cm (13 7/8 × 9 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of the Anne Gordon Keidel Trust of June 2016
Accession Number2016.978
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CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionAt the Atago Shrine in 1634, Heikurô brought the shogun a branch of flowering plum from the top of the hill where the shrine stood, riding his horse up and then down the steep stone steps.
Signed
Gekkô
月耕
月耕
Marks
Artist's seal
ProvenanceJustine Frances Lewis Keidel (d. 2003), Baltimore, MD; 2003, bequeathed by Justine Frances Lewis Keidel to her daughter, Anne Gordon Keidel (d. 2016), West Newton, MA; 2016, bequest of Anne Gordon Keidel to the MFA. (Accession Date: November 9, 2016)