De courtisane Kewaizaka no Shôshô, Yashima Gakutei, 1823

Title(s)

De courtisane Kewaizaka no Shôshô

Object type

• print

Object number

RP-P-1958-414

Catalogue reference

• Forrer 426-d
• Jap Cat III 239-b

Inscriptions / marks

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

Description

De acteur Ichikawa Monnosuke III (1794-1824) in de rol van de courtisane Kewaizaka no Shôshô, de minnares van Soga no Gorô Tokimune, haar kleding gedecoreerd met ahornbladeren. Met drie gedichten, vierde blad (vrnl) van een vijfluik.

Artist

• print maker: Yashima Gakutei (mentioned on object)
• Bunsaisha Fudemaru (mentioned on object)

Place

Japan

Dating

1823

Physical features

nishikie, with metallic pigments and blindprinting

Material

• paper

Technique

color woodcut / blind-stamped

Measurements

height 216 mm × width 184 mm

What

• courtesan, hetaera

Credit line

• J.A. Bierens de Haan Bequest, Amsterdam

Acquisition

bequest 1958

Copyright

Public domain

Related

• Asahina Saburô
• Kudô Saemon Suketsune
• De courtisane Ôiso no Tora
• Soga no Gorô Tokimune

• Surimono in the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, Matthi Forrer, p. 227-228, cat.nr. 426d
• Surimono : poetry and image in Japanese prints, Charlotte van Rappard-Boon, Lee Bruschke-Johnson, cat.nr. 81
• Hokusai and his school : Japanese prints, c.1800-1840, Charlotte van Rappard-Boon, Jan Piet Filedt Kok, p. 124-125, cat.nr. 239b
• Surimono : Prints by Elbow, Edythe Polster, Alfred H. Marks, p. of cat.nr. 53-2e
• Japanese prints and drawings from the Vever collection, Jack Ronald Hillier, cat.nr. 787