Harukawa Goshichi 春川五七

A Woman Making an Arrow from an Iris Leaf, Edo Period

Maker

Title

A Woman Making an Arrow from an Iris Leaf

Year

Edo Period

Medium

ink and color

Materials/Techniques

Dimensions

Shikishiban: 21.9 x 17.9 cm (8 5/8 x 7 1/16 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Inscription Text/Poem: もののふの いわふ節句の 菖蒲もて 造し矢にも ふみややむすばん
- 大江長住

輝夜姫の 不死の薬に あえなんと 富士額にも かざす菖蒲か
- 鶴迺屋

Translation: Has she fashioned an iris leaf into an arrow for the annual festival honoring warriors, or to attach to a love letter?
- Ōe Nagasumi

Reflecting on Princess Kaguya's elixir of immortality, she places a coronet of irises on her forehead
- Tsurunoya

(Translated in Carpenter, Reading Surimono (2008), p. 198)

Signature: 春川五七筆 (Brushed by Harukawa Goshichi)

Seals: Designer's seal: Kamiya
Block carver's seal: 谷清好 Tani Seikō

Place

Origin: Japan

Type

Credit

Gift of George Pierce Metcalf

Object Number

56.039.42

A Woman Making an Arrow from an Iris Leaf

Inscription Text/Poem: もののふの いわふ節句の 菖蒲もて 造し矢にも ふみややむすばん
- 大江長住

輝夜姫の 不死の薬に あえなんと 富士額にも かざす菖蒲か
- 鶴迺屋

Translation: Has she fashioned an iris leaf into an arrow for the annual festival honoring warriors, or to attach to a love letter?
- Ōe Nagasumi

Reflecting on Princess Kaguya's elixir of immortality, she places a coronet of irises on her forehead
- Tsurunoya

(Translated in Carpenter, Reading Surimono (2008), p. 198)

Signature: 春川五七筆 (Brushed by Harukawa Goshichi)

Seals: Designer's seal: Kamiya
Block carver's seal: 谷清好 Tani Seikō

Origin: Japan

Exhibition History

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