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Baien 梅園

Hobby Horse and Vegetables

Maker

Baien 梅園 (1820 - 1829, Osaka and Edo, Japan)
Nagayama Kōin 長山孔寅 (1765-1849
b. in Akita, worked in Kyoto and Osaka, Japan)

Title

Hobby Horse and Vegetables

Period

Edo Period

Year

ca. 1825-1827

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

ink and color

Supports

Geography

Origin: Japan

Dimensions

14.1 x 18.4 cm (5 9/16 x 7 1/4 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Inscription Text/Poem: ほうはつて獏も口にやあまりけん喰はて見せたる不尽の初夢　楳下鼻彦

かしうりはさらりとすたの夕こえてけさはまつちの山笑ふ春 太白菴（庵）金糖

鶴の毛の羽根つきあけて門松の梢にしはしとめるをとめ子　夕暮飛輔

霞て■ふ仙人めきてかはらけの雲をのみ出すけさのとそ酒　雪廼屋早房

物中と来る門口にあな市のというといひし處（処）女をかしも　春廼屋不美人

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of George Pierce Metcalf

Object Number

56.039.66

Type

Exhibition History

Deep Cuts
Stories from Japanese Surimono Prints
May 23, 2026 – Oct 04, 2026
Marking the Occasion
Surimono from Edo and Osaka
Sep 15, 2000 – Dec 03, 2000

Label copy

Again, the subject matter of the horse probably identifies the print as a New Year’s greeting for the year of the horse, 1822. The second text from the left is a poem by Tsurunoya.

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

This print exemplifies well the collaborative and literary foundation of the surimono print. The five verses and pictorial motif by Koin reflect the close relationship between the poets (who commissioned or composed poems for the work) and artist, and between text and image.

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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

Baien 梅園 (1820 - 1829, Osaka and Edo, Japan)
Nagayama Kōin 長山孔寅 (1765-1849
b. in Akita, worked in Kyoto and Osaka, Japan)
Tani Seikō 谷清好 (1822 - 1831, Edo and Osaka, Japan), block carver
Hobby Horse and Vegetables, ca. 1825-1827
Polychrome woodblock print with embossing and metallic embellishments (surimono)
14.1 x 18.4 cm (5 9/16 x 7 1/4 inches)
Gift of George Pierce Metcalf 56.039.66

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