View of the Roofs of a Village

anonymous, c. 1790 - c. 1800

Tussen mistbanken zijn de daken van een dorpje en enkele bomen zichtbaar. Met één gedicht.

  • Artwork typeprint, surimono
  • Object numberRP-P-1991-635
  • Dimensionsheight 123 mm x width 177 mm
  • Physical characteristicsnishikie

Identification

  • Title(s)

    View of the Roofs of a Village

  • Object type

  • Object number

    RP-P-1991-635

  • Description

    Tussen mistbanken zijn de daken van een dorpje en enkele bomen zichtbaar. Met één gedicht.

  • Inscriptions / marks

    collector's mark, recto, stamped: Lugt 2971

  • Part of catalogue

  • Catalogue reference

    • Forrer 28
    • Goslings 147

Creation

  • Creation

    • printmaker: anonymous, Japan
    • poet: Yamaga Sarumen (mentioned on object), Japan

  • Dating

    c. 1790 - c. 1800

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    nishikie

  • Dimensions

    height 123 mm x width 177 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

    Public domain

  • Provenance

    …; the dealer or collection Hayashi Tadamasa (1853-1906) (L. 2971);…; purchased from the dealer Hotei Japanese Prints, Leiden, by J.H.W. Goslings (1943-2011), Epse, near Deventer, 1989;{Coll. cat. Goslings 1999, p. 66, cat. no. 147} by whom donated to the museum, 1991

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anonymous

View of the Roofs of a Village

Japan, Japan, c. 1790 - c. 1800

Inscriptions

  • stamped: lower right, in red ink, with seal of Hayashi Tadamasa

Provenance

…; the dealer or collection Hayashi Tadamasa (1853-1906) (L. 2971);…; purchased from the dealer Hotei Japanese Prints, Leiden, by J.H.W. Goslings (1943-2011), Epse, near Deventer, 1989;1Coll. cat. Goslings 1999, p. 66, cat. no. 147 by whom donated to the museum, 1991

Object number: RP-P-1991-635

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

Entry

A view of village rooftops, with mist banks and a few trees, a willow tree towering over the scene.

The immediate and apparent simplicity of the design may lead us to assume that the poet was also the designer of the print. Kasumi no Sekimori issued a very similar design as a calendar print for 1784.2Hasebe, Kotondo, Daishogoyomi. Tokyo: Hounsha, 1943, p. 28.

One poem by Yamaga Sarumen, describing a village with long plumes of ascending 'green willow smoke', alluding to the villagers' longevity.

Issued by the poet
Unsigned

Literature

M. Forrer, Surimono in the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, Leiden 2013, no. 28

Citation

M. Forrer, 2013, 'anonymous, View of the Roofs of a Village, Japan, c. 1790 - c. 1800', in Surimono from the Goslings Collection in the Rijksmuseum, online coll. cat. Amsterdam: https://data.rijksmuseum.nl/200467454

(accessed 19 March 2026 16:31:00).

Footnotes

  • 1Coll. cat. Goslings 1999, p. 66, cat. no. 147
  • 2Hasebe, Kotondo, Daishogoyomi. Tokyo: Hounsha, 1943, p. 28.