Object data
nishikie
height 176 mm × width 102 mm
Hasegawa Settan
The Rising Sun
Japan, 1824
Inscriptions
-
stamped: lower left, in red ink, rectangular seal of the printer, reading: surikō Kozen[sai]
Provenance
…; collection Gasai Sadachika, Japan;…; purchased from the dealer Hotei Japanese Prints, Leiden, by J.H.W. Goslings (1943-2011), Epse, near Deventer, 1995;1 by whom donated to the museum, 1999
Object number: RP-P-1999-257-2
Credit line: Gift of J.H.W. Goslings, Epse
Copyright: Public domain
Context
This print was preserved in an album apparently compiled by Gasai Sadachika at the age of 67 in the autumn of the Year of the Dog in the Kaei period, Kanoe inu, 1850, containing works predominantly by Settan and other designers. For more prints from this album, see e.g. RP-P-1999-257-1.
The artist
Hasegawa Settan (1778–1843), a pupil of Utagawa Toyokuni, was probably best known for his illustrations to the Illustrated Famous Places of Edo, Edo meisho zue (1834/1836), and the Annual Events in the Eastern Capital, Toto saijiki (1832). He received the honorary rank of hokkyo in about 1824.
Entry
A rising red sun.
The dating New Year of the Monkey, Saru no toshi, i.e., 1824, appears at top left.
One anonymous poem, possibly by the designer.
Issued by the poet and the designer(?)
Signature reading: Settan, with circular seal reading: Gangaku
Printer: Kozen[sai]
Literature
M. Forrer, Surimono in the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, Leiden 2013, no. 54
Citation
M. Forrer, 2013, 'Hasegawa Settan, The Rising Sun, Japan, 1824', in Surimono from the Goslings Collection in the Rijksmuseum, online coll. cat. Amsterdam: hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.363574
(accessed 25 December 2024 17:16:26).