Kintarô Dreaming of His Youth, Totoya Hokkei, 1829

Title(s)

Kintarô Dreaming of His Youth

Object type

Object number

RP-P-1958-587

Catalogue reference

• Forrer 343
• Jap Cat III 174

Inscriptions / marks

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

Description

De oude Kintarô (ook wel Kintoki) is tegen een sake-vat in slaap gevallen en droomt van zijn jeugd toen hij met zijn bijl een beer overmeesterde. Met drie gedichten.

Artist

• print maker: Totoya Hokkei (mentioned on object)
• Hinanoya Haruko (mentioned on object)
• Yayoian Hinamaru (mentioned on object)

Place

Japan

Dating

1829

Physical features

nishikie, with metallic pigments

Material

• paper

Technique

color woodcut

Measurements

height 209 mm × width 183 mm

What

• beasts of prey, predatory animals: bear

Credit line

• J.A. Bierens de Haan Bequest, Amsterdam

Acquisition

bequest 1958

Copyright

Public domain

• Surimono in the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, Matthi Forrer, p. 197, cat.nr. 343
• The Baur collection, Geneva : Japanese prints, Matthi Forrer, cat.nr. G239
• Hokusai and his school : Japanese prints, c.1800-1840, Charlotte van Rappard-Boon, Jan Piet Filedt Kok, p 95, cat.nr. 174