Horse trappings (shiri-gake), late 19th-early 20th century
Unknown Japaneseexpand_more
Cloth: cotton; tsutsugaki (freehand resist)expand_more
The John R. Van Derlip Fund and the Mary Griggs Burke Endowment Fund established by the Mary Livingston Griggs and Mary Griggs Burke Foundation; purchase from the Thomas Murray Collectionexpand_more 2019.20.75
Not on Viewexpand_more
This type of horse trapping would have been used beneath a saddle. The large loop is placed under the horse’s tail while the small loops secure it to the saddle. More elaborate than simpler travel trappings, ornamental examples like this one were used for celebratory processions. The side panels are decorated with a checkerboard pattern, and the center panel features a large crest known as “climbing wisteria,” or agari fuji, a crest used by the Fujiwara clan. The crest is surrounded by characters that read fumi-uma gomen, or “pardon the passing horse,” a common apology for any inconvenience caused by the horse.
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- Title
- Horse trappings (shiri-gake)
- Role
- Maker
- Accession Number
- 2019.20.75
- Catalogue Raisonne
- Murray et al. 2018, pl. 71
- Curator Approved
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