Bagu
Bagu (Horse Tack)
Bagu means horse tack, and the whole sheet is given over to riding gear.
About this print
A red, bat-like shape sits alone in the upper left corner. Below it, in the middle of the sheet, rests a brown saddle bearing a crest, with a red-tasseled whip propped against it at a slant. Gray reins wind around it in great curves, and in front are a cloth checkered in red and white and a black shape like a stirrup (abumi). In the margin at the top, several poems are printed, each with its author's name.
Bagu is a word for all the gear fitted to a horse. Of these, the saddle is the piece that keeps the rider's body steady, and in this picture it is drawn largest of all, right in the middle.
At the lower ends of the saddle, on both sides, are red ring-like fittings with cords threaded through them. From there, the gray reins flow out toward the lower left, coiling around again and again.
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- Source title
- 『Bagu（Kubo, Shunman, 1757-1820）』
- Held by
- Library of Congress
- 複製番号
- LC-DIG-jpd-00109
- Why it's free to use
- The library lists it as "No known restrictions on publication." Its copyright has also expired under Japanese law.
- クレジット
- Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, LC-DIG-jpd-00109
- Original item
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View in the NDL online exhibition "Exploring Japanese Landmarks in Nishiki-e and Photographs" - Made
- 216+ years ago
- Added to site
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