De edelman, Totoya Hokkei, c. 1821

Title(s)

De edelman
Kuge (title on object)
Een serie van tien personen (series title)
Jinbutsu jûbantsuzuki (series title on object)

Object type

Object number

RP-P-1958-325

Catalogue reference

• Forrer 287
• Jap Cat III 144

Inscriptions / marks

• collector's mark, verso, stamped: Lugt 2228
• collector's mark, passe-partout, bottom left, printed: JABdH with a rooster.

Description

Kugi, een edelman aan het hof te Kyoto, gekleed in Heian-stijl, wandelt tussen kleine pijnbomen. Met één gedicht.

Artist

• print maker: Totoya Hokkei (mentioned on object)
• Konandô Yamasumi (mentioned on object)

Place

Japan

Dating

c. 1821

Physical features

nishikie, with metallic pigments

Material

• paper

Technique

color woodcut

Measurements

height 205 mm × width 179 mm

What

• trees: pine

Credit line

• J.A. Bierens de Haan Bequest, Amsterdam

Acquisition

bequest 1958

Copyright

Public domain

• Surimono in the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, Matthi Forrer, p. 158, cat.nr. 287
• Surimono : poetry and image in Japanese prints, Charlotte van Rappard-Boon, Lee Bruschke-Johnson, cat.nr. 89
• Hokusai and his school : Japanese prints, c.1800-1840, Charlotte van Rappard-Boon, Jan Piet Filedt Kok, p. 81, cat.nr. 144
• Ukiyo-e : die Kunst der heiteren vergänglichen Welt, Japan 17.-19. Jahrhundert : Sammlung Scheiwe, Rose Hempel, cat.nr. 340
• Japanische Holzschnitte : Neuerwerbungen der Sammlung Theodor Scheiwe, Münster ; Ausstellung des Museums für Ostasiatische Kunst der Stadt Köln, 10. Mai - 20. Juli 1969, Rose Hempel, Theodor Scheiwe, cat.nr. 179