Suzuki Harunobu 鈴木春信

The Kagura Month [11th month] (Kagurazuki), Edo (Japanese period)

Maker

Title

The Kagura Month [11th month] (Kagurazuki)

Year

Edo (Japanese period)

Medium

ink and color

Materials/Techniques

Dimensions

Image: 28.4 x 21.1 cm (11 3/16 x 8 5/16 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Inscribed number verso, bottom right:SB965[text and poems] Poem: Sugi tateru (translates to) To find the spot kado wa nakeredo (translates to)where branches of cedar are placed sato kagura/kore ya miyai no/hajime naruran(translates to)follow the sounds of kagura musicBranches of cedar were placed outside the gate to a shrine as love tokens. The tree in the print is not a cedar and does not relate to the poem. The scene depicts a family leaving a shrine on the occasion of their 7-year old daughter's becoming an obitake (obi-wearer), a symbol of maturation. "Miyai" in the poem means "shrine precincts" but also alludes to the initial steps parents take toward arranging a marriage for their child.

Label: This print is associated with the performance of the kagura dance, a Shinto celebration that falls in the eleventh month of the lunar calendar.

Signature: Suzuki Harunobu ga

Place

Place Made: Japan

Type

Credit

Gift of Mrs. Gustav Radeke

Object Number

20.1083

The Kagura Month [11th month] (Kagurazuki)
Customs of daily life with poem of the four seasons
Fuzoku shiki kasen

Inscribed number verso, bottom right:SB965[text and poems] Poem: Sugi tateru (translates to) To find the spot kado wa nakeredo (translates to)where branches of cedar are placed sato kagura/kore ya miyai no/hajime naruran(translates to)follow the sounds of kagura musicBranches of cedar were placed outside the gate to a shrine as love tokens. The tree in the print is not a cedar and does not relate to the poem. The scene depicts a family leaving a shrine on the occasion of their 7-year old daughter's becoming an obitake (obi-wearer), a symbol of maturation. "Miyai" in the poem means "shrine precincts" but also alludes to the initial steps parents take toward arranging a marriage for their child.

Label: This print is associated with the performance of the kagura dance, a Shinto celebration that falls in the eleventh month of the lunar calendar.

Signature: Suzuki Harunobu ga

Place Made: Japan

Exhibition History

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