…; purchased from the dealer Kunsthandel Huys den Esch, Dodewaard, by J.H.W. Goslings (1943-2011), Epse, near Deventer, 1989;¹¹Coll. cat. Goslings 1999, p. 58, cat. no. 126 by whom donated to the museum, …1991

Object number: RP-P-1991-656

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

This series is an early example of surimono on various No, a theme apparently more common in the 1820s, as confirmed by A Series of Ten Prints for the Hisakataya Poetry Club, Hisakataya juban no uchi, by Hokuba (cf. RP-P-1991-709); Hokkei's Series of Fifteen No, No jugoban, for the Manjiren (see, e.g., Keyes,²²Keyes, Roger S., Surimono: Privately Published Japanese Prints in the Spencer Museum of Art. Tokyo/New York: Kodansha International Ltd., 1984, p. 71-73. and Kruml;³³Kruml, Richard. Surimono Prints, Catalogue 15. London, 1975, pp. 26-39.) an untitled series from 1823 by Chiharu (cf. RP-P-1958-558); and Kosetsu's A Programme of No Plays, Utai bangumi, for the Yomogawa (see Keyes⁴⁴Keyes, Roger S., The Art of Surimono. Privately Published Japanese Woodblock Prints and Books in the Chester Beatty Library, Dublin, 2 vols. London: Sotheby’s Publications, 1985, pp. 219-33.). Keyes⁵⁵Keyes, Roger S., Surimono: Privately Published Japanese Prints in the Spencer Museum of Art. Tokyo/New York: Kodansha International Ltd., 1984. dates this series to c. 1805. However, based on three of the designs in the Van Reed album, this series can be tentatively dated to 1806 (see Keyes⁶⁶Keyes, Roger S., ‘The Van Reed Surimono Album’, in: The Stanford Museum, vol. III, pp. 2-12. Stanford: Stanford Museum, 1974, p. 11.).

For others of the series, see:
Arashiyama⁷⁷Keyes, Roger S., Surimono: Privately Published Japanese Prints in the Spencer Museum of Art. Tokyo/New York: Kodansha International Ltd., 1984, p. 233.
Hagoromo⁸⁸Keyes, Roger S., ‘The Van Reed Surimono Album’, in: The Stanford Museum, vol. III, pp. 2-12. Stanford: Stanford Museum, 1974, p. 11.,⁹⁹Keyes, Roger S., Surimono: Privately Published Japanese Prints in the Spencer Museum of Art. Tokyo/New York: Kodansha International Ltd., 1984, p. 232.
Kokaji¹⁰¹⁰Keyes, Roger S., ‘The Van Reed Surimono Album’, in: The Stanford Museum, vol. III, pp. 2-12. Stanford: Stanford Museum, 1974, p. 11.
Two women by a well¹¹¹¹Keyes, Roger S., ‘The Van Reed Surimono Album’, in: The Stanford Museum, vol. III, pp. 2-12. Stanford: Stanford Museum, 1974, p. 11.
A man standing by potted flowers¹²¹²Polster, Edythe and Alfred H. Marks, Surimono: Prints by Elbow. Washington, D.C.: Lovejoy Press, 1980, p. 433-2

For other designs by Toshu, see:
A Shirabyoshi dancer (1821?)¹³¹³Paul F. Walter Collection of Surimono. Privately Commissioned Japanese Prints. New York: Christie's, 23 October 1992, pp. 126-58. (an album compiled in 1821/1822)
Two men leading a white horse (1822)¹⁴¹⁴Asano, Shugo, Suijintachi no okurimono. Edo no surimono (Cultivated Gifts: Surimono of the Edo Period). Chiba: Chibashi Bijutsukan, 1997, p. 189.
The No Yuya(?)¹⁵¹⁵Keyes, Roger S., The Art of Surimono. Privately Published Japanese Woodblock Prints and Books in the Chester Beatty Library, Dublin, 2 vols. London: Sotheby’s Publications, 1985, p. 223.
A gagaku performer (1821)¹⁶¹⁶Mirviss, Joan B. and John T. Carpenter, The Frank Lloyd Wright Collection of Surimono. New York: Weatherhill; Phoenix, Ariz.: Phoenix Art Museum, 1995, p. 282
Court lady writing poetry on poetry-slips¹⁷¹⁷Boisgirard, Claude and Axel de Heeckeren, _Très importante collection de 260 surimono /.../_Paris, Drouot, 29-30 juin 1978. Paris: 1978, p. 233.
Branch of plant, signed Toshusai Hanakawa Kohei.¹⁸¹⁸Mirviss, Joan B. and John T. Carpenter, The Frank Lloyd Wright Collection of Surimono. New York: Weatherhill; Phoenix, Ariz.: Phoenix Art Museum, 1995, p. 280.

A courtier holding a court-cap, eboshi, and a fan, stands near a figure in a boat of the suggestive type used in No performances.

From an untitled series of No Plays.

Two poems by Kichisotei Toshiyori and Joyutei Katatsura.

Issued by an unidentified poetry club
Signature reading: Toshu ga
Printer: Uematsu, suriko Uematsu ?shi

M. Forrer, Surimono in the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, Leiden 2013, no. 187

M. Forrer, 2013, 'Uematsu Tôshû, A Courtier Standing by a Man in a Boat, Japan, c. 1806', in Surimono from the Goslings Collection in the Rijksmuseum, online coll. cat. Amsterdam: https://data.rijksmuseum.nl/200467496