Object data
nishikie, with metallic pigments and blindprinting
height 137 mm × width 184 mm
Ryûsai Shinsen
A Group of Toys
Japan, Japan, 1800
Provenance
…; purchased from the dealer Johannes Marcus (Kunsthandel Magdalena Sothmann), Amsterdam, by J.H.W. Goslings (1943-2011), Epse, near Deventer, 1986;1 by whom donated to the museum, 1991
Object number: RP-P-1991-609
Credit line: Gift of J.H.W. Goslings, Epse
Copyright: Public domain
The artist
Ryusai Shinsen was a follower of Hokusai, despite his name, which suggests indebtedness to Ryuryukyo Shinsai.
Entry
A group of children’s toys comprising a cloth monkey puppet, flowers and slips of decorated paper.
This print is a picture calendar, egoyomi, for the New Monkey Year 1800, the numerals for the long months, 1, 3, 4, 5, 7, 9 and 11, visible on the flower at far left.
One poem by Mayumi Tsuyomichi.
Issued by the poet
Signature reading: Ryusai Shinsen ga
Literature
M. Forrer, Surimono in the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, Leiden 2013, no. 171
Citation
M. Forrer, 2013, 'Ryûsai Shinsen, A Group of Toys, Japan, 1800', in Surimono from the Goslings Collection in the Rijksmuseum, online coll. cat. Amsterdam: hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.422473
(accessed 19 September 2024 03:26:59).