Flowers

Hasegawa Settan (mentioned on object), 1831

Bloeiende gele bloemen. Twee anonieme haiku gedichten.

Artwork typeprint, surimono
Object numberRP-P-1999-257-19
Dimensionsheight 186 mm x width 188 mm
Physical characteristicsnishikie

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Identification

Title(s)
Flowers
Object type
Object number
RP-P-1999-257-19
Description
Bloeiende gele bloemen. Twee anonieme haiku gedichten.
Part of catalogue
Catalogue reference
- Goslings 338-s
- Forrer 58

Creation

Creation
print maker: Hasegawa Settan (mentioned on object), Japan
Dating
1831
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Material and technique

Physical description
nishikie
Dimensions
height 186 mm x width 188 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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Acquisition and rights

Credit line
Gift of J.H.W. Goslings, Epse
Acquisition
gift 1999
Copyright
Public domain
Provenance
…; collection Gasai Sadachika, Japan;…; purchased from the dealer Hotei Japanese Prints, Leiden, by J.H.W. Goslings (1943-2011), Epse, near Deventer, 1995;{Coll. cat. Goslings 2004, p. 46, cat. no. 338s} by whom donated to the museum, 1999

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Hasegawa Settan

Flowers

Japan, 1831

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. 46, cat. no. 338s by whom donated to the museum, 1999

Object number: RP-P-1999-257-19

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

Context

This print was preserved in an album apparently compiled by Gasai Sadachika at the age of 67 in the autumn of the Year of the Dog in the Kaei period, Kanoe inu, 1850, containing works predominantly by Settan and other designers. For more prints from this album, see e.g. RP-P-1999-257-1.

The artist

Biography

Hasegawa Settan (1778–1843), a pupil of Utagawa Toyokuni, was probably best known for his illustrations to the Illustrated Famous Places of Edo, Edo meisho zue (1834/1836), and the Annual Events in the Eastern Capital, Toto saijiki (1832). He received the honorary rank of hokkyo in about 1824.

Entry

Yellow nanohana (Brassica rapa var.) flowers blooming in spring.

The print is dated at left 'New Hare Year', Kano to u no toshi, i.e., 1831.

Two anonymous haiku poems, possibly by the designer.

Issued by the poet
Signature reading: hokkyo Settan no zu, with seal: Gangaku

Literature

M. Forrer, Surimono in the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, Leiden 2013, no. 58

Citation

M. Forrer, 2013, 'Hasegawa Settan, Flowers, Japan, 1831', in Surimono from the Goslings Collection in the Rijksmuseum, online coll. cat. Amsterdam: https://data.rijksmuseum.nl/200416151

(accessed 8 December 2025 21:00:59).

Footnotes

¹Coll. cat. Goslings 2004, p. 46, cat. no. 338s