[Horsemanship scroll manuscript].
Megumi Hill, Japanese language specialist, description: No title and is hard to read. No date. It is about the varying paces horses have. Image 2: trotting. Image 3: running (or cantering?). Image 4: full speed. The images are all concerned with the physical attributes of the horses. It is in "...
| Format: | Book |
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| Language: | Japanese |
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| Summary: | Megumi Hill, Japanese language specialist, description: No title and is hard to read. No date. It is about the varying paces horses have. Image 2: trotting. Image 3: running (or cantering?). Image 4: full speed. The images are all concerned with the physical attributes of the horses. It is in "Kuden" or secret information being passed on from master to disciples who have taken notes. Robin Bledsoe, bookseller, description: Seven pictorial sections of a scroll on horsemanship in traditional Japan [Japan, mid to later Edo era, c. 1780-1820]. 7 loose sections, each about 31.1 x 41.2 cm. Each has an image of a horse and rider at various gaits, accompanied by calligraphed explanations of the horsemanship techniques pictured. “The combination of the very competently drawn and colored horses and their riders and the self-confident and quite powerfully written calligraphy is very pleasing to the eye. Unsigned, undated, but the paper and pigments suggest a late 18th or early 19th century date.” |
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| Item Description: | Each sheet has a hand-colored drawing of a horse and rider, each with different expressions, coloring, harnesses, and clothing. Each sheet is wrapped in mylar, backed with acid-free foamcore, and housed in a custom bristol-board box. |
| Physical Description: | 7 numbered sheets : illustrations (hand-colored) ; 31 x 41 cm |