A Woman Among Young Pines

…; Lier (collector`s mark);…; purchased from the dealer Kunsthandel Huys den Esch, Dodewaard, by J.H.W. Goslings (1943-2011), Epse, near Deventer, 1990;¹¹Coll. cat. Goslings 1999, p. 26, cat. no. 43 by whom donated to the museum, 1991

ObjectNumber: RP-P-1991-669

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

A woman holding a basket in her hand stands among young pines growing in the hills, apparently looking for her companions while shading her eyes from the sun with her hand.

From A Series on Young Herbs in the New Spring, Wakana risshun no uchi.

One poem by Kanyoshi Chi—.
The poem refers to the Seven Herbs of Spring.

The Seven Herbs of Spring, Haru no nanakusa, were used to make a New Years' gruel on the 7th Day of the First Month. However, in the absence of any details regarding these herbs, it is difficult to say what exactly this series consisted of. No other designs from this series have been identified.

Issued by an unidentified poetry club
Signature reading: Shinshinshi Hokutai Raito

M. Forrer, Surimono in the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, Leiden 2013, no. 132

M. Forrer, 2013, 'Katsushika Hokutai, A Woman Among Young Pines, Japan, c. 1800 - c. 1805', in Surimono from the Goslings Collection in the Rijksmuseum, online coll. cat. Amsterdam: hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.422454