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Yanagawa Naomitsu · Menuki · Kin · Mittlere Edo-Zeit

Two Horses, Yanagawa Naomitsu

The pair of gold menuki by Yanagawa Naomitsu on deep red velvet, two horses at full gallop running toward each other.

Two gold menuki by Yanagawa Naomitsu, each a single horse at full gallop. One turns its head back over its shoulder, its mane heavy and full. The other runs with its head up and forward, mane and tail flying. The bodies are left smooth and polished. The detail is kept for the manes, the tails and the hooves. There is no rider, no rein and no ground beneath them.

The menuki are signed by Yanagawa Naomitsu, of the Yanagawa school of Edo. The Haynes Index places him around 1760. The NBTHK’s journal calls Yanagawa Naomasa the senior student of Yokoya Somin and names the Ishiguro among the many lines that later grew from his school.

One horse close up: it gallops with its head turned back over its shoulder, the mane full and heavy, the body smooth and polished.
The second horse runs with its head up and forward, mane and tail flying, the hooves finely cut.

Menuki. Signiert, Yanagawa Naomitsu. Kin. Zwei galoppierende Pferde. Mittlere Edo-Zeit. Privatsammlung, erworben in Europa.

In the collection

Type
Tosogu › Menuki
School
Yanagawa
Period
Edo-Zeit › Mittlere Edo-Zeit
Material
Kin
Motif
Tiere und Vögel

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