De courtisane Ôiso no Tora, Yashima Gakutei, 1823

Title(s)

De courtisane Ôiso no Tora

Object type

• print

Object number

RP-P-1958-416

Catalogue reference

• Forrer 426-a
• Jap Cat III 239-e

Inscriptions / marks

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

Description

De acteur Segawa Kikunojô V (1802-1832) in de rol van de courtisane Oiso no Tora, de minnares van Soga broeder Soga no Jûrô Sukenari. Met drie gedichten. Vijfde prent (vrnl) van een vijfluik.

Artist

• print maker: Yashima Gakutei (mentioned on object)
• Bunkeisha Shiomichi (mentioned on object)

Place

Japan

Dating

1823

Physical features

nishikie, with metallic pigments and blindprinting

Material

• paper

Technique

color woodcut / blind-stamped

Measurements

height 212 mm × width 189 mm

What

• courtesan, hetaera

Credit line

• J.A. Bierens de Haan Bequest, Amsterdam

Acquisition

bequest 1958

Copyright

Public domain

Related

• Asahina Saburô
• De courtisane Kewaizaka no Shôshô
• Kudô Saemon Suketsune
• Soga no Gorô Tokimune

• Surimono in the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, Matthi Forrer, p. 227-228, cat.nr. 426a
• 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. 239c
• Surimono : Prints by Elbow, Edythe Polster, Alfred H. Marks, p. of cat.nr. 53-2a