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Toy Seller and Two Children
anonymous, c. 1826
Een koopman met rieten hoed draagt een doos om zijn hals waarin vlinders op stokjes, zogenaamde vlinders van berg Yoshino (Yoshinoyama chôchô). Twee kinderen staan voor hem. Met één gedicht.
- Artwork typeprint, surimono
- Object numberRP-P-1991-570
- Dimensionsheight 197 mm x width 173 mm
- Physical characteristicsnishikie, with metallic pigments
Identification
Title(s)
Toy Seller and Two Children
Object type
Object number
RP-P-1991-570
Description
Een koopman met rieten hoed draagt een doos om zijn hals waarin vlinders op stokjes, zogenaamde vlinders van berg Yoshino (Yoshinoyama chôchô). Twee kinderen staan voor hem. Met één gedicht.
Inscriptions / marks
collector's mark, verso, stamped: Lugt 2973
Part of catalogue
Catalogue reference
- Goslings 9
- Forrer 482
Creation
Creation
print maker: anonymous, Japan
Dating
c. 1826
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Material and technique
Physical description
nishikie, with metallic pigments
Dimensions
height 197 mm x width 173 mm
Explanatory note
Een surimono is een luxe uitgevoerde prent waarop beeld met één of meerdere gedichten gecombineerd is. Bij het drukken van een surimono werd vaak gebruik gemaakt van dikker papier, blinddruk en metaal pigmenten, zoals koper- en zilverpoeder. De prenten werden vaak in opdracht van dichters gemaakt en als exclusief geschenk aan vrienden en relaties gegeven.
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Subject
Acquisition and rights
Credit line
Gift of J.H.W. Goslings, Epse
Acquisition
gift 1991
Copyright
Provenance
…; collection Samuel Tuke (1854-1937), Netherton Hall, near Honiton, Devon (L. 2973);…; purchased from the dealer Hotei Japanese Prints, Leiden, by J.H.W. Goslings (1943-2011), Epse, near Deventer, 1985;{Coll. cat. Goslings 1999, p. 13, cat. no. 9} by whom donated to the museum, 1991
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anonymous
Toy Seller and Two Children
Japan, c. 1826
Inscriptions
- collector's mark, verso, stamped
Provenance
…; collection Samuel Tuke (1854-1937), Netherton Hall, near Honiton, Devon (L. 2973);…; purchased from the dealer Hotei Japanese Prints, Leiden, by J.H.W. Goslings (1943-2011), Epse, near Deventer, 1985;1Coll. cat. Goslings 1999, p. 13, cat. no. 9 by whom donated to the museum, 1991
Object number: RP-P-1991-570
Credit line: Gift of J.H.W. Goslings, Epse
Context
Horai Sanjin was, with Sairaikyo, involved in selecting poems for The Illustrated Kyoka hyakusho zuden (1826), illustrated by Kuninao, as well as, with Nennensai, for the Kyoka Poems on Beauties as Hermits, Kyoka bijin kasenshu (1820s), illustrated by Kuninao and Eisen.2Suga, Chikuho, Kyoka shomoku shusei. Kyoto: Rinsen shoten, 1977 (1936), pp. 72, 79.
Entry
A toy seller wearing a straw hat, his wares in a box hanging from his neck, shows butterflies on a stick to two young boys.
The toys are butterflies attached to a string, called ‘butterflies from Mount Yoshino’, Yoshinoyama chocho in the poem.
One poem by Shojuro, alias betsugo Horai Sanjin [II, 1792 – 1862, also Shikkokuro and Shojuan Nagatoshi, later Utei Enba II].3Kano, Kaian (ed.), Kyoka jinmei jisho (Dictionary of Names of Kyoka Poets). Kyoto: Rinsen shoten, 1977 (1928), p. 30 and p. 205.
Issued by the poet
Unsigned
Literature
M. Forrer, Surimono in the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, Leiden 2013, no. 482
Citation
M. Forrer, 2013, 'anonymous, Toy Seller and Two Children, Japan, c. 1826', in Surimono from the Goslings Collection in the Rijksmuseum, online coll. cat. Amsterdam: https://data.rijksmuseum.nl/200475215
(accessed 12 December 2025 23:34:46).Footnotes
- 1Coll. cat. Goslings 1999, p. 13, cat. no. 9
- 2Suga, Chikuho, Kyoka shomoku shusei. Kyoto: Rinsen shoten, 1977 (1936), pp. 72, 79.
- 3Kano, Kaian (ed.), Kyoka jinmei jisho (Dictionary of Names of Kyoka Poets). Kyoto: Rinsen shoten, 1977 (1928), p. 30 and p. 205.