…; purchased from the dealer C.P.J. van der Peet Japanese Prints, Amsterdam, by J.H.W. Goslings (1943-2011), Epse, near Deventer, 1988;¹¹Coll. cat. Goslings 1999, p. 35, cat. no. 65 by whom donated to the museum, 1991

Object number: RP-P-1991-653

Credit line: Gift of J.H.W. Goslings, Epse

A woman holding an open umbrella, a fan in her other hand, walking on a tightrope.

[The Priest Sojo] Henjo - Who Fell, Henjo: ochiniki to, from the series The Six Classical Poets, Rokkasen

The woman is most likely the kabuki actor Segawa Kikunojo V in an unidentified female role. Segawa Kikunojo V (1802-32) acted under this name from 1815 until his death in I/1832.

Two poems by Sairaikyo [Mibutsu, earlier Hyotanen and Issun hoshi, a judge of the Gogawa, who later founded his own Hyotanren],²²Kano, Kaian (ed.), Kyoka jinmei jisho (Dictionary of Names of Kyoka Poets). Kyoto: Rinsen shoten, 1977 (1928), pp. 11, 219. and Shakuyakutei [Nagane, 1767-1845, earlier Asagi no Uranari. As Sugawara no Nagane, he established his own poetry club, the Sugawararen, publishing from 1826].³³Kano, Kaian (ed.), Kyoka jinmei jisho (Dictionary of Names of Kyoka Poets). Kyoto: Rinsen shoten, 1977 (1928), p. 160.

Issued by the Sugawararen.
Signature reading: Ipposai Kuniyasu ga

M. Forrer, Surimono in the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, Leiden 2013, no. 532

M. Forrer, 2013, 'Utagawa Kuniyasu, A Woman Walking on a Rope, Japan, c. 1830 - c. 1835', in Surimono from the Goslings Collection in the Rijksmuseum, online coll. cat. Amsterdam: https://data.rijksmuseum.nl/200485447