Hôjô Tokiyori, Yashima Gakutei, c. 1822

Title(s)

Hôjô Tokiyori
Vierentwintig generaals voor de Katsushika dichtersvereniging (series title)
Katsushika nijûshishô (series title on object)

Object type

• print

Object number

RP-P-1990-407

Catalogue reference

• Forrer 424

Inscriptions / marks

• collector's mark, verso, stamped: Lugt 2228

Description

Hôjô Tokiyori (1227-1256) was de premier van de Kamakura shogun Kujô Yoritsugu. Tokiyori was zijn trouwe adviseur en was zeer bewust van de behoeftigheid van de mensen. Met één gedicht.

Artist

• print maker: Yashima Gakutei (mentioned on object)
• Matsu no mado Chieda (mentioned on object)

Place

Japan

Dating

c. 1822

Physical features

nishikie, with metallic pigments and blindprinting

Material

• paper

Technique

color woodcut / blind-stamped

Measurements

height 208 mm × width 183 mm

What

• prime minister

Credit line

• Gift of D. de Hoop Scheffer, Amstelveen

Acquisition

gift 1990

Copyright

Public domain

• Aziatische kunst, p. 229, afb. 86A
• Asian art, p. 229, afb. 86A
• Surimono in the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, Matthi Forrer, p. 226, cat.nr. 424
• Reading surimono : the interplay of text and image in Japanese prints : with a catalogue of the Marino Lusy collection, John T. Carpenter, Marino Lusy, ill. 6R, cat.nr. 21
• Surimono : privately published Japanese prints in the Spencer Museum of Art, Roger S. Keyes, cat.nr. 7
• Menno Fitski, 'De lessenaar van Domela Nieuwenhuis', Aziatische Kunst 38 (2008), nr. 3, p. 101, afb. 2.
• Surimono : privately published prints from the Spencer Museum of Art, Tokyo (Riccar Art Museum) 1991, cat.nr. 52.