Japanese Woodblock Prints
Japanese Woodblock Prints
Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849) | Hobby Horse (Harugoma) | Edo period, 19th century
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Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849)
Hobby Horse (Harugoma)
Edo period, 19th century
woodblock print, surimono, embellished with metallic pigments and embossing, from the series A Selection of Horses (Umazukushi), signed Fusenkyo Iitsu hitsu (Brush of Iitsu, from in his non-painting studio), privately issued for the Yomogawa Poetry Circle in 1822, poems by Hana no Miyako, Kayudo Kakusai and Shuchodo Monoyana
Surimono, shikishiban: 20.6 x 18.6 cm., 8⅛ x 7⅜ in.
The poem by Shuchodo Monoyama has been translated in Daniel McKee, Japanese Poetry Prints: Surimono from the Schoff Collection, exhib. cat., (New York, 2006), p. 98:
Rising up
the treasured child's mallet
the young mountain vegetables
pop up fresh and pure
this spring is adorably cute.
Kodakara no
tsuchi o motagete
sawarabi no
teura teura mo
airashiki haru