Posted 4 years ago
lentilka11
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Hi friends, I would be grateful is someone has any additional info on this old japanese ukyio-e print - especially if you can translate who is the author.
The name in Japanese: I cannot add it here as this website does not take these signs... it is featured on the below link next to "Description" (the name is also written in Old Chinese next to "Author", but according to my Chinese colleague it does not make any sense in Chinese and it is someone from Japan).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Yokohama_racing_1872_Eirin.jpg
I found out previously that:
On the picture there is Negishi racehorse, the same picture can be found on the below link:
https://www.revolvy.com/page/Negishi-Racecourse
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Yokohama_racing_1872_Eirin.jpg
As for the writing on the picture, it means when directly translated that "yokohama has many people coming to its shores. They will be riding on their horses in exchange for miles around the city".
The small words meant that this print is sponsored and "tokyo literary thatched cottage"(maruya)
Update: Kind people on Facebook helped with the identification of the artist: Ikkousai / Nagabayashi or Eirin /
Eiko Ichikosai (Eikousai Eirin, unknown birth date) is an Ukiyoe painter of the Meiji period.
https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%B8%80%E6%B8%AF%E6%96%8E%E6%B0%B8%E6%9E%97?fbclid=IwAR1kvXLpKkr6t8zUBsY2JPGBgSJ8dftDkAwuou6Xu2y1T5OM90BZ8ToF2wQ
It is said that Kobayashi Erin is an instructor and his real name is Nobunaga Nagabayashi. There are only 11 known Nishiki-e published in 1872, and the details are unknown. These were all Yokohama pictures.
the work:
"Yokohama Sightseeing Inn" 10 Daiki Nishiki Meiji 5 Year Illustration of the Steam Car House Shoei, Honmachi Asakari, Yatsuyama Snow, Itsukushima Island, Iseyama Ojingu Shrine, Hadoba Shipyard, Ferry Passage, Noge View, Iron Nobashi Asakura, Dainippon Yokohama Negishi Universal Horse Performance Charter Shiokaya Ihei Edition
“Yokohama Railroad Dormitory Map” Continuing 3 Dainishiki Meiji 5
References
Hiroshi Higuchi, “A collection of Ukiyo-e of the Meiji Era”, Miso Bookstore, 1955
Japan Ukiyo-e Association edited by “Primary Color Ukiyoe Encyclopedia”, Volume 2, Taishukan Shoten, 1982
Equestrian Museum “Civilization and Modern Horse Racing” Equestrian Cultural Foundation, 2009
Links to his other works:
https://artsandculture.google.com/asset/%E6%A8%AA%E6%B5%9C%E5%90%8D%E6%89%80%E4%B9%8B%E5%86%85-%E6%B3%A2%E6%AD%A2%E5%A0%B4%E5%85%A5%E8%88%B9/HwEnE6ICtLPjZw?hl=ja&fbclid=IwAR0FhbAcOs8OzJiPh5weJ-oGB7cFgos6scSnf8mORmov3YJCt7oeskJQ95A&ms=%7B%22x%22%3A0.5%2C%22y%22%3A0.5%2C%22z%22%3A8.611684507778737%2C%22size%22%3A%7B%22width%22%3A3.840014227664182%2C%22height%22%3A1.2499999999999996%7D%7D
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=2940507559316228&set=p.2940507559316228&type=3&theater