About This Print
One of 118 prints in the series Dai Nippon Bussan Zue (Products of Greater Japan), issued in August 1877 to coincide with the opening of Japan’s first National Industrial Exposition (Naikoku Kangyō Hakurankai) held in Tokyo’s Ueno Park.
In this print spectators from neighboring villages are watching the annual wild horse roundup. "Archeological evidence suggests that horses first entered Japan from mainland Asia during the Kofun Period (250 to 552), eventually spreading to regions such as Nagano, Gunma and Fukushima."1
Iwaki Province (石城国 Iwaki-no kuni) was an old province in the area that is today Fukushima Prefecture and Miyagi Prefecture.2
1 website of the Japan Times https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2019/07/20/general/mane-attraction-coastal-parts-fukushima-prefecture-long-standing-love-horses/#.Xn1FMohKiUk2 Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iwaki_Province_%28718%29
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Scroll Inscription
Source: National Museum of Japanese History http://www.rekihaku.ac.jp/up-cgi/getdocrd.pl?tn=1558&ti=0&h=./history/w11288752628_28652&ch=2&p=param/nisikie/db_param&o=1551&k=50&l=&sf=0&so=Notes:
備考］中判 横 錦絵 画工：歌川広重３ 安藤徳兵衛 大鋸町四番地 版元：大倉孫兵衛 日本橋通一丁目十九番地 主題内容：産業・技術 物産絵 磐城 相馬 三春 人名その他：野馬 牧 牧士 桜
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「馬は当国相馬三春の諸町に牧場ありて産ず 春秋両度馬とりあり 狩の十日も前より追寄にかゝり 三四日以前よりは人歩は八百人も出 堤の上に立て声をかける 原中に牧士野馬を追立漸々狭き野へ追詰追巡し 大勢かゝりにておひ伏せ わら轡をかけ首より尾へ太縄をかけて引出す この時近在より見物群集す」
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Multiple Editions (Variant Printings)
At least three variant printings (editions) were made of this series. Each variant printing uses a different colored cartouche containing the series' title, either red, green or rainbow-colored. Different colored borders were also used and variances in the use of colors and shading are present in the three editions.
Print Details
| IHL Catalog | #368 |
| Title or Description | Wild Horse Capture in Iwaki Province 磐城国野馬捕之図 |
| Series | Dai Nippon Bussan Zue 大日本物産図会 (Products of Greater Japan) |
| Artist | Utagawa Hiroshige III (1842–1894) |
| Signature | no signature visible |
| Seal | none |
| Publication Date | 1877 (Meiji 10) |
| Publisher | Ōkura Magobei 大倉孫兵衛 (Kin'eido; 1843-1921) [Marks: pub. ref. 627] |
| Impression | good |
| Colors | excellent |
| Condition | good - vertical centerfold |
| Genre | nishiki-e; kaika-e |
| Miscellaneous | |
| Format | chuban |
| H x W Paper | 6 7/8 x 9 3/8 in. (17.5 x 23.8 cm) |
| H x W Image | 6 3/8 x 9 in. (16.2 x 22.9 cm) |
| Literature | |
| Collections This Print | Hagi Yamaguchi Prefectural Art Museum Urakami system: U02986; National Museum of Japanese History H-22-1-30-7-34 |
3/26/2020
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