Aoigaoka Keigetsu

Hobby Horse and Candies

Maker

Aoigaoka Keigetsu

Title

Hobby Horse and Candies

Period

Edo Period

Year

1822

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

ink and color

Supports

Geography

Origin: Japan

Dimensions

Sheet: 21 x 18.6 cm (8 1/4 x 7 5/16 inches)

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of George Pierce Metcalf

Object Number

56.039.51

Type

Exhibition History

Marking the Occasion
Surimono from Edo and Osaka
Sep 15, 2000 – Dec 03, 2000

Label copy

The plums identify the print as a New Year’s greeting, and the subject matter of the horse indicates that it was probably made for the year of the horse, 1822.

Surimono
Selections from the Japanese Print Collection
Jun 09, 1998 – Sep 08, 1998
A Celebration of the New Year in Japanese Woodblock Prints
Jan 01, 1990 – Mar 01, 1990

Label copy

The poem, wishing for happiness and prosperity in the New Year of the Horse, floats above a fine depiction of a hobby horse. The print follows the surimono tradition of giving life to inanimate objects and transforming small things into a larger presence.

Japanese Surimono Prints
Nov 28, 1986 – Jan 25, 1987

Image use

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Public Domain This object is in the Public Domain and available under a CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) Public Domain Dedication

Tombstone

Aoigaoka Keigetsu
Hobby Horse and Candies, 1822
Polychrome woodblock print
Sheet: 21 x 18.6 cm (8 1/4 x 7 5/16 inches)
Gift of George Pierce Metcalf 56.039.51

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