Object data
nishikie, with (traces of) metallic pigments
height 138 mm × width 183 mm
Katsushika Hokutai
A Woman Among Young Pines
Japan, c. 1800 - c. 1805
Inscriptions
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stamped on verso with mark of Lier
Provenance
…; Lier (collector‘s mark);…; purchased from the dealer Kunsthandel Huys den Esch, Dodewaard, by J.H.W. Goslings (1943-2011), Epse, near Deventer, 1990;1 by whom donated to the museum, 1991
Object number: RP-P-1991-669
Credit line: Gift of J.H.W. Goslings, Epse
Copyright: Public domain
The artist
Katsushika Hokutai was a follower of Katsushika Hokusai, and used the names Katsushika, Eisai, Shinshinshi and Raito.
Entry
A woman holding a basket in her hand stands among young pines growing in the hills, apparently looking for her companions while shading her eyes from the sun with her hand.
From A Series on Young Herbs in the New Spring, Wakana risshun no uchi.
One poem by Kanyoshi Chi—.
The poem refers to the Seven Herbs of Spring.
The Seven Herbs of Spring, Haru no nanakusa, were used to make a New Years' gruel on the 7th Day of the First Month. However, in the absence of any details regarding these herbs, it is difficult to say what exactly this series consisted of. No other designs from this series have been identified.
Issued by an unidentified poetry club
Signature reading: Shinshinshi Hokutai Raito
Literature
M. Forrer, Surimono in the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, Leiden 2013, no. 132
Citation
M. Forrer, 2013, 'Katsushika Hokutai, A Woman Among Young Pines, Japan, c. 1800 - c. 1805', in Surimono from the Goslings Collection in the Rijksmuseum, online coll. cat. Amsterdam: hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.422454
(accessed 22 November 2024 16:05:50).