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Sheets of Poetry
Ryûryûkyo Shinsai (mentioned on object), c. 1800 - c. 1805
Camelia en een pruimenbloesemtak, waarover een gedichtenblad (tanzaku) ligt. Met twee gedichten.
- Artwork typeprint, surimono
- Object numberRP-P-1991-673
- Dimensionsheight 141 mm x width 187 mm
- Physical characteristicsnishikie, with metallic pigments and blindprinting
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Identification
Title(s)
Sheets of Poetry
Series title(s)
- Een serie over papier
- Kamizukushi (series title on object)
Object type
Object number
RP-P-1991-673
Description
Camelia en een pruimenbloesemtak, waarover een gedichtenblad (tanzaku) ligt. Met twee gedichten.
Inscriptions / marks
collector's mark, verso, printed
Part of catalogue
Catalogue reference
- Forrer 146
- Goslings 97
Creation
Creation
- print maker: Ryûryûkyo Shinsai (mentioned on object), Japan
- dichter: Gurendô Nakanubo (mentioned on object), Japan
- dichter: Yomo Magao (mentioned on object), Japan
Dating
c. 1800 - c. 1805
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Material and technique
Physical description
nishikie, with metallic pigments and blindprinting
Dimensions
height 141 mm x width 187 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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Acquisition and rights
Credit line
Gift of J.H.W. Goslings, Epse
Acquisition
gift 1991
Copyright
Provenance
…; purchased from the dealer Oranda-Jin, 's-Hertogenbosch, by J.H.W. Goslings (1943-2011), Epse, near Deventer, 1990;{Coll. cat. Goslings 1999, p. 46, cat. no. 97} by whom donated to the museum, 1991
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Ryûryûkyo Shinsai
Sheets of Poetry
Japan, Japan, Japan, c. 1800 - c. 1805
Inscriptions
stamped on verso with unidentified collector`s mark
Provenance
…; purchased from the dealer Oranda-Jin, 's-Hertogenbosch, by J.H.W. Goslings (1943-2011), Epse, near Deventer, 1990;1Coll. cat. Goslings 1999, p. 46, cat. no. 97 by whom donated to the museum, 1991
Object number: RP-P-1991-673
Credit line: Gift of J.H.W. Goslings, Epse
Context
Another copy of this print is in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
For other prints in the series, see:
Thin paper, Usuyoshi -2Fujisawa Morihiko korekushon surimono o chuushin to shite (The Fujisawa Morihiko Collection: with a Stress on Surimono) Tokyo: Ota Memorial Museum of Art, 1998, p. 135.;
Patterned Chinese paper, Mon Karagami: Two pots, one containing flower petals, and sheets of paper on lacquered tray -3Narazaki, Muneshige (ed.), Hizo //Ukiyoe = ukiyoe// taikan, vol. 8. Tokyo: Kodansha, 1989, p. 92..
The artist
Biography
Ryuryukyo Shinsai (n.d., but often given as 1764?-1820; the latter date is definitely incorrect as his last known designs were issued in 1825) is said to have first been follower of Tawaraya Sori, and later of Katsushika Hokusai, who gave him the art-name Shinsai in 1800. His personal name was Masayuki. He was one of the most prolific designers of surimono in the early 19th century and thoroughly explored the possibilities of issuing works in titled series.
Entry
Two sheets of patterned paper, a square shikishi and a vertical narrow poetry-slip, tanzaku, combined with sprays of camellia and blossoming plum.
Two poems by Gurendo Nakakubo [studied with Akera Kanko],4Kano, Kaian (ed.), Kyoka jinmei jisho (Dictionary of Names of Kyoka Poets). Kyoto: Rinsen shoten, 1977 (1928), p. 156. and Yomo [no Utagaki] Magao [1753-1829, Shikatsube Magao, pupil of Yomo Akara. Used the name 'Yomo' from 1796, when he became a judge of the Yomogawa. Alternative name Kyokado].5Kano, Kaian (ed.), Kyoka jinmei jisho (Dictionary of Names of Kyoka Poets). Kyoto: Rinsen shoten, 1977 (1928), p. 214.
The poem by Nakakubo speaks of the 'fragrance carried by the evening breeze in Spring', whereas Magao refers to the 'camellia from Ise'.
Coloured and Patterned Papers, Eirogami, from A Series of Papers, Kamizukushi.
This series is apparently based on an improvised selection of various kinds of paper, making it impossible to estimate the number of designs it comprised. All of them have the series- and print-title in a cartouche representing a partly unrolled sheet of paper.
Issued by the Yomogawa
Signature reading: Ryuryukyo Shinsai ga, with seal reading: Ryuryukyo
Literature
M. Forrer, Surimono in the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, Leiden 2013, no. 146
Citation
M. Forrer, 2013, 'Ryûryûkyo Shinsai, Sheets of Poetry, Japan, c. 1800 - c. 1805', in Surimono from the Goslings Collection in the Rijksmuseum, online coll. cat. Amsterdam: https://data.rijksmuseum.nl/200467480
(accessed 10 December 2025 16:25:47).Footnotes
- 1Coll. cat. Goslings 1999, p. 46, cat. no. 97
- 2Fujisawa Morihiko korekushon surimono o chuushin to shite (The Fujisawa Morihiko Collection: with a Stress on Surimono) Tokyo: Ota Memorial Museum of Art, 1998, p. 135.
- 3Narazaki, Muneshige (ed.), Hizo //Ukiyoe = ukiyoe// taikan, vol. 8. Tokyo: Kodansha, 1989, p. 92.
- 4Kano, Kaian (ed.), Kyoka jinmei jisho (Dictionary of Names of Kyoka Poets). Kyoto: Rinsen shoten, 1977 (1928), p. 156.
- 5Kano, Kaian (ed.), Kyoka jinmei jisho (Dictionary of Names of Kyoka Poets). Kyoto: Rinsen shoten, 1977 (1928), p. 214.