Object data
nishikie, with blindprinting
height 104 mm × width 126 mm
Shunshi
Sunrise on the Coast
Japan, Japan, 1797
Inscriptions
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stamped: lower right, in black ink, with mark of Catherine Ball
Provenance
…; collection Catherine Ball (collector's mark);…; purchased from the dealer C.P.J. van der Peet Japanese Prints, Amsterdam, by J.H.W. Goslings (1943-2011), Epse, near Deventer, 1986;1 by whom donated to the museum, 1991
Object number: RP-P-1991-589
Credit line: Gift of J.H.W. Goslings, Epse
Copyright: Public domain
Context
The artist
Shunshi was an occasional amateur designer.
Entry
A coastal view with a rock in the foreground, various shells around it. Across the water, the first sunrise of the New Year marked by a red sun.
This is a rather amateurish depiction of Enoshima Island and its surroundings.
This print is a picture calendar, egoyomi, for the New Year of the Snake 1797, the numerals for the long months, 1, 3, 5, 8, 10, 11 and 12, on the rock; those for the short months, 2, 4, 6, 7, intercalary 7, and 9, on the shells. For the connection between Enoshima Island and the Year of the Snake, see RP-P-1991-611.
One haiku poem by Chizuru.
The poem refers to Kinkizan, an alternative name for the Enoshima Island.
Issued by the poet
Signature reading: Shunshi ga
Literature
M. Forrer, Surimono in the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, Leiden 2013, no. 17
Citation
M. Forrer, 2013, 'Shunshi, Sunrise on the Coast, Japan, 1797', in Surimono from the Goslings Collection in the Rijksmuseum, online coll. cat. Amsterdam: hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.422425
(accessed 23 November 2024 06:14:13).