Object data
nishikie, with metallic pigments and blindprinting
height 211 mm × width 184 mm
Yanagawa Shigenobu (I)
The Dancer
Japan, Japan, c. 1823
Provenance
…; purchased from the dealer Kunsthandel Huys den Esch, Dodewaard, by J.H.W. Goslings (1943-2011), Epse, near Deventer, 1989;1 by whom donated to the museum, 1992
Object number: RP-P-1991-645
Credit line: Gift of J.H.W. Goslings, Epse
Copyright: Public domain
Context
For general notes on the series, see RP-P-1991-579.
The artist
Yanagawa Shigenobu (1787?–1833) was Katsushika Hokusai's pupil and son-in-law. He used the art-names Yanagawa and Reisai. In the 1820s, he moved to Osaka, where he continued designing prints.
Entry
A female dancer holding an open fan in her hand. On her clothing a repetitive decoration representing chrysanthemums.
One poem by Mochizuki Kagenari.
Print from an untitled series of Nerimono Festival Dancers.
Issued by an unidentified poetry club
Signature reading: copied by, Toto, from the Eastern Capital, Yanagawa Shigenobu utsusu with seal: Yanagawa
Literature
M. Forrer, Surimono in the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, Leiden 2013, no. 368a
Citation
M. Forrer, 2013, 'Yanagawa (I) Shigenobu, The Dancer, Japan, c. 1823', in Surimono from the Goslings Collection in the Rijksmuseum, online coll. cat. Amsterdam: hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.351300
(accessed 24 November 2024 05:10:48).