Young Woman Playing Battledore

Utagawa Kunihiro (mentioned on object), c. 1820 - c. 1830

Vrouw met slaghout in rechter en bal in linker hand, staand op verhoging met samengebonden bamboe- en dennentakken. Op de grond vóór de verhoging haar uitgetrokken schoeisel. Gedicht in bovenste deel van prent.

  • Artwork typeprint, surimono
  • Object numberRP-P-1999-248
  • Dimensionsheight 426 mm x width 189 mm
  • Physical characteristicsnishikie, with metallic pigments and blindprinting

Utagawa Kunihiro

Young Woman Playing Battledore

Japan, c. 1820 - c. 1830

Provenance

…; purchased from the dealer C.P.J. van der Peet Japanese Prints, Amsterdam, by J.H.W. Goslings (1943-2011), Epse, near Deventer, 1996;1Coll. cat. Goslings 2004, p. 11, cat. no. 324 by whom donated to the museum, 1999

Object number: RP-P-1999-248

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

Entry

A young woman standing on the traditional New Year decorations of pine and bamboo, kadomatsu, using her battledore to retrieve a shuttlecock that has landed on the decorated rope.

One poem by Ichiyosai [probably Utagawa Toyokuni, 1769-1825, Kunihiro's teacher]. The poem is a haiku.

Issued by the designer(?)
Signature reading: Toyokuni no monjin (Toyokuni pupil) Kunihiro ga, with Toshidama ring

Literature

M. Forrer, Surimono in the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, Leiden 2013, no. 211

Citation

M. Forrer, 2013, 'Utagawa Kunihiro, Young Woman Playing Battledore, Japan, c. 1820 - c. 1830', in Surimono from the Goslings Collection in the Rijksmuseum, online coll. cat. Amsterdam: https://data.rijksmuseum.nl/200413490

(accessed 11 December 2025 14:58:59).

Footnotes

  • 1Coll. cat. Goslings 2004, p. 11, cat. no. 324