Woman Hanging a Scroll, Ryûryûkyo Shinsai, c. 1800 - c. 1805

Identification

Title(s)

Woman Hanging a Scroll

Object type

print

Object number

RP-P-1991-661

Catalogue reference

Forrer 148
Goslings 83

Description

Een staande courtisane kijkt toe hoe haar bediende een schildering ophangt van Amanohashidate. Deze beroemde plaats ligt in het noorden van Japan en is begroeid met pijnbomen. Met één gedicht: De 'Brug naar de hemel' in de schildering van Amanohashidate overschrijdend, de eerste droom van het nieuwe jaar kent geen einde.

Creation

Artist

Ryûryûkyo Shinsai (mentioned on object)
Senjirô Miwake (mentioned on object)

Place

Japan

Dating

c. 1800 - c. 1805

Material and Technique

Physical features

nishikie, with metallic pigments and blindprinting

Material

paper

Technique

color woodcut / nishiki-e

Measurements

height 210 mm × width 139 mm

Subject

What

courtesan, hetaera

Acquisition and rights

Credit line

Gift of J.H.W. Goslings, Epse

Acquisition

gift 1991

Copyright

Public domain

Provenance

…; purchased from the dealer Kunsthandel Huys den Esch, Dodewaard, by J.H.W. Goslings (1943-2011), Epse, near Deventer, 1989;{Coll. cat. Goslings 1999, p. 41, cat. no. 83} by whom donated to the museum, 1991

Bibliography and list of abbreviations for the provenance (pdf)

Documentation

Surimono in the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, Matthi Forrer, p. 89, cat.nr. 148
Surimono, J.H.W. Goslings, p. 41, cat.nr. 83

Persistent URL

To refer to this object please use the following persistent URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.422461

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