Object data
nishikie, with embossing
height 100 mm × width 138 mm
anonymous
Five Hairpins
Japan, Japan, c. 1790 - c. 1800
Inscriptions
-
stamped on verso, with mark of Samuel Tuke
Provenance
…; collection Samuel Tuke (1854-1937), Netherton Hall, near Honiton, Devon (L. 2973);…; purchased from the dealer Johannes Marcus (Kunsthandel Magdalena Sothmann), Amsterdam, by J.H.W. Goslings (1943-2011), Epse, near Deventer, 1985;1 by whom donated to the museum, 1991
Object number: RP-P-1991-556
Credit line: Gift of J.H.W. Goslings, Epse
Copyright: Public domain
Entry
Five hairpins apparently held by small straps made by cutting the paper. They are of various colours - two are reddish-brown, the other three are light purple, white and yellow respectively.
The hairpins are printed in colour only, without a block-printed outline, the paper straps indicated by means of embossing, a type of blindprinting in low relief, known as kimekomi. The simplicity of the design suggests that it is also the work of the poet, who may have actually made the print as well.
One poem by Gosetsutei Nakazumi.
The poem alludes to 'the Goddess of Spring, Saohime, adorned with hairpins' and 'the hustle and bustle of New Year'.
Issued by the poet
Unsigned
Literature
M. Forrer, Surimono in the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, Leiden 2013, no. 27
Citation
M. Forrer, 2013, 'anonymous, Five Hairpins, Japan, c. 1790 - c. 1800', in Surimono from the Goslings Collection in the Rijksmuseum, online coll. cat. Amsterdam: hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.422431
(accessed 26 November 2024 06:35:01).