Uma no kaiga to bungaku. Stibbert hakubutsukanzō Bamōdōizu o megutte

The paper presents a lexicographic study of the tags on horse coats depicted in the Bamōdōizu (Illustration on Horse Coats), an illustrated handscroll preserved at the Stibbert Museum in Florence. This scroll is an invaluable resource for reconstructing the specialized equine lexicon of Classical Japanese, particularly of the 16th century. The paper also situates the scroll within the context of early 16th-century production, highlighting how knowledge about horses remained crucial for state welfare under the Tokugawa shogunate.