Kersenbloesem, Yashima Gakutei, c. 1829

Title(s)

Kersenbloesem
Sakura no hana (title on object)
Een serie van vijf prenten voor de Katsushika dichtersvereniging: Kleuren van de aangebroken lente (series title)
Katsushika goban - Haru no akebonosome (series title on object)

Object type

Object number

RP-P-1958-380

Catalogue reference

• Forrer 463
• Jap Cat III 253

Inscriptions / marks

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

Description

Dame met vuurpot, op haar kimono een patroon van kersenbloesem. Met twee gedichten.

Artist

• print maker: Yashima Gakutei (mentioned on object)
• Bunshôsha Ashichika (mentioned on object)
• Bunbunsha (mentioned on object)

Place

Japan

Dating

c. 1829

Physical features

nishikie, with metallic pigments and blindprinting

Material

• paper

Technique

color woodcut / blind-stamped

Measurements

height 207 mm × width 182 mm

Credit line

• J.A. Bierens de Haan Bequest, Amsterdam

Acquisition

bequest 1958

Copyright

Public domain

• Surimono in the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, Matthi Forrer, p. 248, cat.nr. 462
• Reading surimono : the interplay of text and image in Japanese prints : with a catalogue of the Marino Lusy collection, John T. Carpenter, Marino Lusy, cat.nr. 64
• Jewels of Japanese printmaking : surimono of the Bunka-Bunsei era 1804-1830, Joan B. Mirviss, John T. Carpenter, cat.nr. 73
• Hokusai and his school : Japanese prints, c.1800-1840, Charlotte van Rappard-Boon, Jan Piet Filedt Kok, p. 134, cat.nr. 253
• One hundred surimono in the collection of Sidney C. Ward, Sidney C. Ward, Sidney C. Ward, cat.nr. 62
• Ukiyo-e : die Kunst der heiteren vergänglichen Welt, Japan 17.-19. Jahrhundert : Sammlung Scheiwe, Rose Hempel, cat.nr. 382
• 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. 195
• Fine Japanese prints from the Collection of Sidney C. Ward., Christie’s, Manson & Woods International (New York), 1985-11-05, cat.nr. 96.