Pine Trees

anonymous, 1786

Rode zon boven pijnbomen. Twee haiku gedichten met een introductie.

  • Artwork typeprint, surimono
  • Object numberRP-P-1999-257-12
  • Dimensionsheight 131 mm x width 188 mm
  • Physical characteristicsnishikie

anonymous

Pine Trees

Japan, 1786

Provenance

…; collection Gasai Sadachika, Japan;…; purchased from the dealer Hotei Japanese Prints, Leiden, by J.H.W. Goslings (1943-2011), Epse, near Deventer, 1995;1Coll. cat. Goslings 2004, p. 44, cat. no. 338l by whom donated to the museum, 1999

Object number: RP-P-1999-257-12

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


Context

This print is from the same album as RP-P-1999-257-9.


Entry

A red sun over pine trees.

The design is printed without the use of a line-block. The introductory text is preceded by the dating Tenmei New Horse Year, Tenmei umadoshi, i.e., 1786, suggesting this to be a retrospective work.

Two anonymous haiku poems preceded by an introduction.

Issued by the poet
Seal reading: Raido(?)


Literature

M. Forrer, Surimono in the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, Leiden 2013, no. 215


Citation

M. Forrer, 2013, 'anonymous, Pine Trees, Japan, 1786', in Surimono from the Goslings Collection in the Rijksmuseum, online coll. cat. Amsterdam: https://data.rijksmuseum.nl/200416128

(accessed 8 December 2025 20:49:46).

Footnotes

  • 1Coll. cat. Goslings 2004, p. 44, cat. no. 338l