Warrior with a Hobby Horse, Year of the Horse

Utagawa Toyohiro (mentioned on object), 1822

In the lunar calendar, New Year falls slightly later in the year than in the Western world. That is why you often see cherry blossoms in New Year’s surimono. This actor, dressed up as the heroic warrior Ashina Saburo, grasps a hobby horse, a clear reference to the Year of the Horse. Cherry blossoms decorate his kimono and fill the background. Metal pigment was applied to the swords.

  • Artwork typeprint, surimono
  • Object numberRP-P-2004-517
  • Dimensionsheight 193 mm x width 534 mm
  • Physical characteristicsnishikie, with metallic pigments

Identification

  • Title(s)

    • Warrior with a Hobby Horse, Year of the Horse
    • A Warrior Holding a Hobby-horse

  • Object type

  • Object number

    RP-P-2004-517

  • Description

    De krijger Asahina Saburo, met voor deze kabuki acteursrol kenmerkende schmink, voert met stokpaard en tussen lentebloesem een Nieuwjaarsdans (Harugoma) uit. Het stokpaard verwijst naar het jaar van het paard (1822).

  • Inscriptions / marks

    date

  • Part of catalogue

  • Catalogue reference

    Forrer 192

Creation

  • Creation

    printmaker: Utagawa Toyohiro (mentioned on object), Japan

  • Dating

    1822

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    nishikie, with metallic pigments

  • Dimensions

    height 193 mm x width 534 mm

Explanatory note

  • Harugoma (stokpaard of lente paard) is een dans die tijdens het nieuwe jaar wordt opgevoerd.

This work is about

  • Subject

Acquisition and rights

  • Credit line

    Gift of J.H.W. Goslings, Epse

  • Acquisition

    gift 2004

  • Copyright

    Public domain

  • Provenance

    …; collection Adolphe Stoclet (1871-1949), Paris; his sale, London (Sotheby's), 8 June 2004, no. 445, to J.H.W. Goslings (1943-2011), Epse, near Deventer;{Coll. cat. Forrer 2013, p. 107, cat. no. 192} by whom donated to the museum, 2004

Documentation

    • Japanese prints, illustrated books and paintings Sotheby’s (London), 2004, cat. nr. 445.
    • Matthi Forrer, ‘The Asahina Long Surimono’, Andon 1 (1981), no. 2, p. 53f.

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