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Subject:Help With Translation - 18th or Early 19th Century Japanese Print (Book Leaf) - Lady with a Fan Riding a "Horse"
Posted By: Clifford Nunn Sun, Sep 20, 2020 IP: 74.98.232.237
Hi All,

Fresh from the Goodwill today - a beat-up leaf from a Japanese book (probably 18th or early 19th Century) - either rice paper or some sort of fine cloth, and either a woodblock or partly hand-done. I'm hoping someone can translate the inscription above the scene, which is of a female rider (Lady Ise?) on a "horse" that appears to actually be two men in a horse costume. The overall style is similar to pieces by Shunsho Katsukawa (1726 - 1792), though most of his prints seem to have a double-line border, so perhaps not by him. Any help would be appreciated!

Best,
Cliff







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Subject:Re: Help With Translation - 18th or Early 19th Century Japanese Print (Book Leaf) - Lady with a Fan Riding a "Horse"
Posted By: I.Nagy Mon, Sep 21, 2020
Transliteration into modern kana -script,
and its English translation.

津ふり光　-　Tsufuri Hikari (Publisher's name)

母の乳　父のすねこそ恋しけれ
ひとりでくらふ事のならねば

Haha no chichi, chichi no sune koishikere,
hitori de kurafu koto naraneba

I still miss my mother's milk
and my father's shin because I can't eat alone

With regards,
I.Nagy

Subject:Re: Help With Translation - 18th or Early 19th Century Japanese Print (Book Leaf) - Lady with a Fan Riding a "Horse"
Posted By: Clifford Nunn Mon, Sep 21, 2020
Mr. Nagy,

Thank you! With your help, I had enough information to track down this piece's origin:

絵師:Kitao Masanobu
作品名:Poems by Fifty Poets: The Satirical Poems of the Eastern Melodies Newly Engraved in the Temmei Era (Temmei shinsen gojûnin isshu azumaburi kyôka bunko), Mid Edo period, dated 1786 (1st Month of the 6th Year of the Temmei Era)
日付:Edo period, Middle, 1704-1789
詳細:詳細情報...
情報源:ハーバード大学
浮世絵（全 5,243 件）を表示...

https://ja.ukiyo-e.org/image/harvard/HUAM-INV021761

The link goes to the information above, and a pictures showing this very image as the left page of an open book. I am posting an image in case people are reluctant to use a link. I do not know if my page is from the same edition of this work. Thank you!

Best,
Cliff Nunn





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