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A Porcelain Pot and Folded Paper
Kitagawa Tsukimaro (mentioned on object), 1809
Een blauw-witte porseleinen pot en goudkleurig gevouwen papier, waar waarschijnlijk wierook in zit. In de pot zit waarschijnlijk zand, om de wierook in te zetten. De prent is gedateerd 'het vroege voorjaar van het jaar van de slang' (1809), en gedrukt op crêpe papier. Met één gedicht.
- Artwork typeprint, surimono
- Object numberRP-P-1991-469
- Dimensionsheight 135 mm x width 176 mm
- Physical characteristicsnishikie, with metallic pigments
Identification
Title(s)
A Porcelain Pot and Folded Paper
Object type
Object number
RP-P-1991-469
Description
Een blauw-witte porseleinen pot en goudkleurig gevouwen papier, waar waarschijnlijk wierook in zit. In de pot zit waarschijnlijk zand, om de wierook in te zetten. De prent is gedateerd 'het vroege voorjaar van het jaar van de slang' (1809), en gedrukt op crêpe papier. Met één gedicht.
Part of catalogue
Catalogue reference
- Goslings 140
- Forrer 189
Creation
Creation
- printmaker: Kitagawa Tsukimaro (mentioned on object), Japan
- poet: Ichimian Arashihito (?) (mentioned on object), Japan
Dating
1809
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Material and technique
Physical description
nishikie, with metallic pigments
Dimensions
height 135 mm x width 176 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
Provenance
…; purchased from the dealer Johannes Marcus (Kunsthandel Magdalena Sothmann), Amsterdam, by J.H.W. Goslings (1943-2011), Epse, near Deventer, 1983;{Coll. cat. Goslings 1999, p. 63, cat. no. 140} by whom donated to the museum, 1991
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Kitagawa Tsukimaro
A Porcelain Pot and Folded Paper
Japan, Japan, 1809
Provenance
…; purchased from the dealer Johannes Marcus (Kunsthandel Magdalena Sothmann), Amsterdam, by J.H.W. Goslings (1943-2011), Epse, near Deventer, 1983;1Coll. cat. Goslings 1999, p. 63, cat. no. 140 by whom donated to the museum, 1991
Object number: RP-P-1991-469
Credit line: Gift of J.H.W. Goslings, Epse
The artist
Biography
Kitagawa Tsukimaro (d. 1830) was a pupil of Kitagawa Utamaro, early name Kikumaro, changing the character for 'Kiku' in 1802 and taking the name Tsukimaro from 1804. He also used the art-names Bokutei, Kansetsu and Kansetsusai.
Entry
A blue-and-white porcelain pot on three feet, probably containing sand; in the foreground, a package made of folded gold paper, possibly containing incense.
It was customary to burn incense on sand in containers made of various materials.
The design is printed on crêped paper, a special effect sometimes favoured on surimono from the late 1790s and early 1800s (cf. RP-P-1991-619 and RP-P-1991-626). The date of the print is at top left, 'Early Spring of the Snake Year', Mi no shoshun, i.e., 1809.
One poem by Ichimian Arashihito(?) [or Arashindo]. The name of the Asakusagawa poetry club appears, as a rarity, in a vertical hand-stamped cartouche at bottom right.
Issued by the poet, a member of the Asakusagawa (also known as Tsubogawa)
Signature reading: Tsukitnaro no zu
Literature
M. Forrer, Surimono in the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, Leiden 2013, no. 189
Citation
M. Forrer, 2013, 'Kitagawa Tsukimaro, A Porcelain Pot and Folded Paper, Japan, 1809', in Surimono from the Goslings Collection in the Rijksmuseum, online coll. cat. Amsterdam: https://data.rijksmuseum.nl/200467506
(accessed 17 April 2026 12:59:13).Footnotes
- 1Coll. cat. Goslings 1999, p. 63, cat. no. 140