Japanese Print "Ide no Tamagawa-A Famous Place in Yamashiro" by Suzuki Harunobu
Artist:Suzuki Harunobu
Title:Ide no Tamagawa-A Famous Place in Yamashiro
Date:1769-1770
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Source:Worcester Art Museum
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One of a set of six prints Halting my horse I water him again Where the dew of the yamabuki Mingles with the river- The Jewel River of Ide. Koma tomete / nao mizukawan / yamabuki no / hana no tsuyu sou / Ide no Tamagawa This design is a visual parody (mitate) of a courtier leading his horse to water a courtesan offers a young girl a steadying hand as they ford the river bordered by banks overgrown with yamabuki (Japanese roses; kerria japonica). Alluding to horses'-hooves, the women wear low wooden clogs, called komageta (lit. "horse clogs"). Harunobu borrowed the composition from one of his earlier works which is part of another print-set of the Six Jewel Rivers (about 1767; chuban format [ca. 27.6 x 20.7 cm]). The earlier work includes a third figure, an attendant who holds up her mistress' long sleeves as if they
