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Still Life with a Calabash, Year of the Horse
Also titled Stilleven met kalebas, jaar van het Paard
Yashima Gakutei (1786–1868)
1822
- Medium
- Japanese paper (handmade paper)
- Classification
- Dimensions
- height 211 mm x width 186 mm
- Museum
- Rijksmuseum
- Credit line
- Gift of J.H.W. Goslings, Epse
- Rights
- Public Domain Mark, as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Little Ones profiles and older: it shows gentle subjects for the very young. How works are placed
About this work
Even though no horse is depicted in this print, it was made for the Year of the Horse. The horse is indicated by the calabash, which refers to the immortal Chokaro, who always carried a gourd with a horse inside. The turtle on the sake dish is a symbol of prosperity and long life. It exhales the word kotobuki, a prosperity wish for a long life.
