Object data
nishikie, with metallic pigments
height 201 mm × width 168 mm
Utagawa Kuniyasu
A Woman Walking on a Rope
Japan, Japan, Japan, c. 1830 - c. 1835
Provenance
…; purchased from the dealer C.P.J. van der Peet Japanese Prints, Amsterdam, by J.H.W. Goslings (1943-2011), Epse, near Deventer, 1988;1 by whom donated to the museum, 1991
Object number: RP-P-1991-653
Credit line: Gift of J.H.W. Goslings, Epse
Copyright: Public domain
The artist
Utagawa Kuniyasu (1794-1832), a pupil of Utagawa Toyokuni, designed prints of actors, beautiful women and landscapes as well as surimono and book illustrations. He also used the art name Ipposai.
Entry
A woman holding an open umbrella, a fan in her other hand, walking on a tightrope.
[The Priest Sojo] Henjo - Who Fell, Henjo: ochiniki to, from the series The Six Classical Poets, Rokkasen
The woman is most likely the kabuki actor Segawa Kikunojo V in an unidentified female role. Segawa Kikunojo V (1802-32) acted under this name from 1815 until his death in I/1832.
Two poems by Sairaikyo [Mibutsu, earlier Hyotanen and Issun hoshi, a judge of the Gogawa, who later founded his own Hyotanren],2 and Shakuyakutei [Nagane, 1767-1845, earlier Asagi no Uranari. As Sugawara no Nagane, he established his own poetry club, the Sugawararen, publishing from 1826].3
Issued by the Sugawararen.
Signature reading: Ipposai Kuniyasu ga
Literature
M. Forrer, Surimono in the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, Leiden 2013, no. 532
Citation
M. Forrer, 2013, 'Utagawa Kuniyasu, A Woman Walking on a Rope, Japan, c. 1830 - c. 1835', in Surimono from the Goslings Collection in the Rijksmuseum, online coll. cat. Amsterdam: hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.446735
(accessed 28 December 2024 05:03:53).