Object data
nishikie, with blindprinting
height 100 mm × width 183 mm
Ryûsai Shinsen
A Group of Monkeys
Japan, 1800
Provenance
…; purchased from the dealer Hotei Japanese Prints, Leiden, by J.H.W. Goslings (1943-2011), Epse, near Deventer, 1986;1 by whom donated to the museum, 1991
Object number: RP-P-1991-610
Credit line: Gift of J.H.W. Goslings, Epse
Copyright: Public domain
Context
Although his name suggests that Shinsen was a pupil of Shinsai, Nagata cites a surimono where he signs ‘drawn by Shinsen, pupil of Hokusai’ (see ‘Katsushikaha no eshitachi’, in: Nagata 1994, 274).
The artist
Ryusai Shinsen was a follower of Hokusai, despite his name, which suggests indebtedness to Ryuryukyo Shinsai.
Entry
Two pairs of small monkey figurines on a wooden stand placed on the box they are kept in, its lid behind it.
It is difficult to establish whether the monkey figurines are toys, souvenirs or a local speciality. Here, of course, they were selected primarily as a zodiacal animal.
No poems.
Issued anonymously
Signature reading: Ryusai Shinsen ga
Literature
M. Forrer, Surimono in the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, Leiden 2013, no. 170
Citation
M. Forrer, 2013, 'Ryûsai Shinsen, A Group of Monkeys, Japan, 1800', in Surimono from the Goslings Collection in the Rijksmuseum, online coll. cat. Amsterdam: hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.422472
(accessed 27 December 2024 07:15:34).