A Group of Toys

Ryûsai Shinsen (mentioned on object), 1800

Kinderspeelgoed bestaand uit een stoffen aapje, gevouwen papieren bloemen en vier gekleurde velletjes papier. Deze kalenderprent geeft de lange maanden voor het nieuwe jaar van de aap (1800) weer op de linker bloem. Met één gedicht.

  • Artwork typeprint, surimono
  • Object numberRP-P-1991-609
  • Dimensionsheight 137 mm x width 184 mm
  • Physical characteristicsnishikie, with metallic pigments and blindprinting

Ryûsai Shinsen

A Group of Toys

Japan, Japan, 1800

Provenance

…; purchased from the dealer Johannes Marcus (Kunsthandel Magdalena Sothmann), Amsterdam, by J.H.W. Goslings (1943-2011), Epse, near Deventer, 1986;1Coll. cat. Goslings 1999, p. 49, cat. no. 104 by whom donated to the museum, 1991

Object number: RP-P-1991-609

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


The artist

Biography

Ryusai Shinsen was a follower of Hokusai, despite his name, which suggests indebtedness to Ryuryukyo Shinsai.


Entry

A group of children’s toys comprising a cloth monkey puppet, flowers and slips of decorated paper.

This print is a picture calendar, egoyomi, for the New Monkey Year 1800, the numerals for the long months, 1, 3, 4, 5, 7, 9 and 11, visible on the flower at far left.

One poem by Mayumi Tsuyomichi.

Issued by the poet
Signature reading: Ryusai Shinsen ga


Literature

M. Forrer, Surimono in the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, Leiden 2013, no. 171


Citation

M. Forrer, 2013, 'Ryûsai Shinsen, A Group of Toys, Japan, 1800', in Surimono from the Goslings Collection in the Rijksmuseum, online coll. cat. Amsterdam: https://data.rijksmuseum.nl/200467493

(accessed 16 December 2025 13:45:24).

Footnotes

  • 1Coll. cat. Goslings 1999, p. 49, cat. no. 104