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Title
First Horse Day
Alternative Title
Chiyoda Inner Palace; Chiyoda no ooku: Hatsu uma
Creator
Chikanobu, Yoshu
Date Created and/or Issued
1896-02-06
Publication Information
Fukuda Hatsujiro
Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery, Scripps College
Contributing Institution
Claremont Colleges Library
Collection
Chikanobu and Yoshitoshi Woodblock Prints
Rights Information
The contents of this item, including all images and text, are for personal, educational, and non-commercial use only. The contents of this item may not be reproduced in any form without the express permission of Scripps College. Any form of image reproduction, transmission, display, or storage in any retrieval system is prohibited without the written consent of Scripps College and other copyright holders. Scripps College retains all rights, including copyright, in data, images, documentation, text and other information contained in these files. For permissions, please contact: Scripps College, Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery Attn: Rights and Reproductions, 1030 Columbia Avenue, Claremont, CA 91711
Description
Actors gather outside the main hall of the Ooku residential area to give a special performance for the new year on the first "horse day" of the 2nd month (according to the zodiac calendar). One actor carries a hunting bird while another actor is dressed as a woman or onnagata in the role of "Wisteria Maiden" or Fuji musume. The actor carrying the bell portrays Musashi-bo Benkei, a popular historical character of the 12th century wearing a monk-warrior's costume decorated with "wheels of the Buddhist law" or rinbo. In front of him is a red-faced demon that has been quelled by the character Aotake Goro, carrying a giant arrow.
Type
image
Format
image/jp2
Identifier
http://ccdl.claremont.edu/cdm/ref/collection/cyw/id/118
Language
Japanese
Subject
Actors
Built works
Trees
Men (male humans)
Kimonos
Hats
Hair ornaments
Flowers
Arrows
Bells (idiophones)
Swords
Birds
Meiji
Print
Time Period
Meiji (Japan, 1869-1912)
Source
Woodcuts; Ink on Paper; 13 7/8 in. x 28 1/16 in. (35.3 cm x 71.3 cm); accession number 2003.1.5
Relation
Chikanobu and Yoshitoshi Woodblock Prints https://ccdl.claremont.edu/digital/collection/cyw

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