Ukiyo-e Educational Catalog · Record 90393

Young Samurai on Horseback

Artist / 作者
Okumura Masanobu奥村政信
Date / 年代
1740-1750
Medium / 技法
浮世絵 / Ukiyo-e / Edo / mfa
Digital record / 画像記録
560 × 1500 px
Source collection / 所蔵元
Museum of Fine Arts Boston
Published by / 公開者
朝倉レン
Rights / 権利
Commercial license required
Attribution / 表記
Museum of Fine Arts Boston

Catalog note / 解説

A stylish young samurai is seated upon an elaborately bedecked mount. Above his head bloom cherry blossoms, and through a window two girls peek at him admiringly. The poem reads: “To the breeze of love the cherry blossoms fall, beside the viewing-window.” He is immaculately dressed and even his horse is trimmed up for the occasion. It is thought that the model for the splendid young man was Sanogawa Ichimatsu, a popular Kabuki actor who often served as a subject of Masanobu’s prints. (from "VOGUE in Japan: Edo Fashion through Japanese prints" exhibition 07/30/08-)

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