Object data
nishikie, with (traces of) metallic pigments and blindprinting
height 129 mm × width 178 mm
Teisai Hokuba (workshop of)
A Lady Making a Painting of Bamboo
Japan, Japan, c. 1800 - c. 1805
Provenance
…; purchased from the dealer C.P.J. van der Peet Japanese Prints, Amsterdam, by J.H.W. Goslings (1943-2011), Epse, near Deventer, 1994;1 by whom donated to the museum, 1995
Object number: RP-P-1995-278
Credit line: Gift of J.H.W. Goslings, Epse
Copyright: Public domain
Context
Although there are two designs from this series in this collection, no others are known as yet. It thus remains difficult to estimate how many designs it originally comprised. No contemporary source has been identified that could have inspired the group of poets to commission this series.
The artist
Teisai Hokuba (1771-1844) was a pupil of Katsushika Hokusai. He used the art-name Teisai. There also seems to have been a Hokuba II.
Entry
A Chinese lady sitting at a low table and making a painting of bamboo turns her head to look behind her. Another lady across the table from her.
The Lady Fan Ts'ao nü, Hansome, from A Collection of Famous Paintings in the 'Feminine' Style, Meihitsu onnae soroi.
One poem by Hakuyotei Aoki ['changed his name to', aratame Senshi no Sakae, a member of the Senshuan poetry club, d. 1816].2
Issued by the Senshuan Poetry Club(?)
Signature reading: Hokuba ga
Literature
M. Forrer, Surimono in the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, Leiden 2013, no. 126
Citation
M. Forrer, 2013, 'workshop of Teisai Hokuba, A Lady Making a Painting of Bamboo, Japan, c. 1800 - c. 1805', in Surimono from the Goslings Collection in the Rijksmuseum, online coll. cat. Amsterdam: hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.318662
(accessed 20 September 2024 19:22:23).