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Aoigaoka Keigetsu

Hobby Horse and Candies, 1822

Description

Maker

Title

Hobby Horse and Candies

Year

1822

Medium

Polychrome woodblock print

Materials/Techniques

Materials

Techniques

Supports

Dimensions

Length: 21 cm (8 1/4 inches)

Place

Japan

Type

Credit

Gift of George Pierce Metcalf

Object Number

56.039.51

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Marking the Occasion

September 15 - December 3, 2000

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.

A Celebration of the New Year in Japanese Woodblock Prints

January 1 - March 1, 1990

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.

Use

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