Object data
nishikie, with metallic pigments and blindprinting
height 210 mm × width 139 mm
Ryûryûkyo Shinsai
Woman Hanging a Scroll
Japan, Japan, c. 1800 - c. 1805
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, 1991
Object number: RP-P-1991-661
Credit line: Gift of J.H.W. Goslings, Epse
Copyright: Public domain
Context
For general notes on the series, see RP-P-1958-574.
The artist
Ryuryukyo Shinsai (n.d., but often given as 1764?-1820; the latter date is definitely incorrect as his last known designs were issued in 1825) is said to have first been follower of Tawaraya Sori, and later of Katsushika Hokusai, who gave him the art-name Shinsai in 1800. His personal name was Masayuki. He was one of the most prolific designers of surimono in the early 19th century and thoroughly explored the possibilities of issuing works in titled series.
Entry
A standing courtesan watches her assistant hang a scroll painting depicting Amanohashidate. In the foreground a kettle on a brazier.
A View of Amanohashidate, Hashidate, from the series Three Famous Views, Sankei no uchi.
Amanohashidate, on the northern coast of West Honshu, was one of the Three Famous Views of Japan, Nihon no sankei, consisting of a 3 kilometre-long stretch of sand overgrown with pines.
One poem by Senjiro Miwake [also Nichiwa Miwake and, later, Atoato Sanjin].2
The poem by Miwake reads:
Crossing the 'Bridge to Heaven' in the painting of Amanohashidate, the first dream of the New Year has no end
— Amanohashidate translates literally as the 'Bridge to Heaven'.
Issued by the Nogawa
Signature reading: Ryuryukyo ga
Literature
M. Forrer, Surimono in the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, Leiden 2013, no. 148
Citation
M. Forrer, 2013, 'Ryûryûkyo Shinsai, Woman Hanging a Scroll, Japan, c. 1800 - c. 1805', in Surimono from the Goslings Collection in the Rijksmuseum, online coll. cat. Amsterdam: hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.422461
(accessed 23 November 2024 20:43:57).