Crane Before the Rising Sun, Yashima Gakutei, c. 1825

Title(s)

Crane Before the Rising Sun

Object type

Object number

RP-P-1958-423

Catalogue reference

• Forrer 434
• Jap Cat III 249

Inscriptions / marks

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

Description

Kraanvogel neerstrijkend langs de opgaande nieuwjaarszon deels gehuld in mistbanken. Met één gedicht.

Artist

• print maker: Yashima Gakutei (mentioned on object)
• Yamato Watamori (mentioned on object)

Place

Japan

Dating

c. 1825

Physical features

nishikie, with metallic pigments and embossing

Material

• paper

Technique

color woodcut / blind-stamped

Measurements

height 201 mm × width 181 mm

What

• shore-birds and wading-birds: crane
• sunrise

Credit line

• J.A. Bierens de Haan Bequest, Amsterdam

Acquisition

bequest 1958

Copyright

Public domain

• Surimono in the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, Matthi Forrer, p. 232, cat.nr. 434
• Hokusai and his school : Japanese prints, c.1800-1840, Charlotte van Rappard-Boon, Jan Piet Filedt Kok, p. 131-132, cat.nr. 249
• Claude Boisgirard en Axel de Heeckeren, Très importante collection de 750 surimono, de calendriers, de nagaye et d'oban, Drouot (Parijs), 1977-12-12/15, cat.nr. 105.