Hollandse vrouw met kind, Utagawa Yoshitora, 1861

Title(s)

Hollandse vrouw met kind
Gaikoku jinbutsuga - Oranda fujin (title on object)

Object type

• print

Object number

NG-663-1

Catalogue reference

• Jap Cat V 193

Inscriptions / marks

• date

Description

Een Nederlandse vrouw in wijde geruite rok en rood bloesje, cape en hoed, aan haar linkerhand een jongen, waarschijnlijk haar zoon; haar rechterhand enigszins opgeheven; ze kijkt naar rechts. De tekst in Japanse karakters is geschreven door de (satirische) schrijver/journalist Kanagaki Robun (1829-1894): 'The name of the land is the Netherlands. The land is divided into seventeen provinces, and its capital is Amsterdam. People are good at technology and arts, and science is understood very well there. There are of course hospitals and schools in the land, and there are even educational institutions for the handicapped. They recently acquired a new land in the south, and named it New Holland. They specialize in trade, collect curiosities from the world, and make fortunes on their commerce. (Yokohama-e).

Artist

• after design by: Utagawa Yoshitora (mentioned on object)
• print maker: anonymous

Place

Japan

Dating

1861

Material

• paper

Technique

color woodcut

Measurements

height 251 cm × width 186 cm

What

• mother and child(ren), woman and child(ren) (family group)
• folk costume, regional costume

When

• 1775 - 1825

Where

• Deshima

Acquisition

purchase 1967

Copyright

Public domain

• The age of Yoshitoshi, Charlotte van Rappard-Boon, p. 128 (afbeelding), 129, cat.nr. 193