Courtisane als Sugawara no Michizane, Yanagawa Shigenobu (I), c. 1823

Title(s)

Courtisane als Sugawara no Michizane
Kostuumparade tijdens het Nerimono feest in Shinmachi, Osaka (series title)

Object type

• print

Object number

RP-P-2006-104

Catalogue reference

• Forrer 369

Inscriptions / marks

• collector's mark, verso, stamped: Lugt 2228

Description

Een courtisane poserend in hofkledij als de kalligraaf Sugawara no Michizane, met dennetak in de handen.

Artist

• print maker: Yanagawa Shigenobu (I) (mentioned on object)

Place

Tokyo

Dating

c. 1823

Physical features

nishikie, with metallic pigments and blindprinting

Material

• paper

Technique

color woodcut / blind-stamped

Measurements

height 219 mm × width 186 mm

What

• standing figure
• hacking and thrusting weapons: sword
• plants; vegetation

Credit line

• Purchased with the support of the F.G. Waller-Fonds

Acquisition

purchase 2006

Copyright

Public domain

• Surimono in the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, Matthi Forrer, p. 203, cat.nr. 369
• Hizo ukiyoe taikan : Pulverer korekushon, dl. 2, cat.nr. 39
• Surimono : stampe augurali nel Giappone del '700 e '800, Helena Markus, cat.nr. 58