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A Court Lady under a Willow Tree
anonymous, c. 1790 - c. 1800
Een vrouw draagt haar kimono als een sluier. Achter haar een schutting. Met twee gedichten.
- Artwork typeprint, surimono
- Object numberRP-P-1991-618
- Dimensionsheight 140 mm x width 106 mm
- Physical characteristicsnishikie, with blindprinting
Identification
Title(s)
A Court Lady under a Willow Tree
Object type
Object number
RP-P-1991-618
Description
Een vrouw draagt haar kimono als een sluier. Achter haar een schutting. Met twee gedichten.
Inscriptions / marks
collector's mark, verso, stamped: Lugt 2973
Part of catalogue
Catalogue reference
- Forrer 30
- Goslings 143
Creation
Creation
- printmaker: anonymous, Japan
- poet: Saiutei Kochikaze (mentioned on object), Japan
- poet: Yomo Magao (mentioned on object), Japan
Dating
c. 1790 - c. 1800
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Material and technique
Physical description
nishikie, with blindprinting
Dimensions
height 140 mm x width 106 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
…; collection Samuel Tuke (1854-1937), Netherton Hall, near Honiton, Devon (L. 2973);…; purchased from the dealer Johannes Marcus (Kunsthandel Magdalena Sothmann), Amsterdam , by J.H.W. Goslings (1943-2011), Epse, near Deventer, 1986;{Coll. cat. Goslings 1999, p. 64, cat. no. 143} by whom donated to the museum, 1991
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anonymous
A Court Lady under a Willow Tree
Japan, Japan, Japan, c. 1790 - c. 1800
Inscriptions
stamped on verso, with mark of Samuel Tuke
Provenance
…; collection Samuel Tuke (1854-1937), Netherton Hall, near Honiton, Devon (L. 2973);…; purchased from the dealer Johannes Marcus (Kunsthandel Magdalena Sothmann), Amsterdam , by J.H.W. Goslings (1943-2011), Epse, near Deventer, 1986;1Coll. cat. Goslings 1999, p. 64, cat. no. 143 by whom donated to the museum, 1991
Object number: RP-P-1991-618
Credit line: Gift of J.H.W. Goslings, Epse
Context
Entry
A court lady standing under a willow tree wearing her kimono as a veil over her head, a section of wooden fence at right.
Court ladies frequently wore veils in Japan, especially in the Kyoto region.
Two poems by Saiutei Kochikaze and Yomo [no Utagaki] Magao [1753-1829, Shikatsube Magao, pupil of ‘Yomo’ Akara. Used the name 'Yomo' from 1796, when he became a judge of the Yomogawa. Alternative name Kyokado].2Kano, Kaian (ed.), Kyoka jinmei jisho (Dictionary of Names of Kyoka Poets). Kyoto: Rinsen shoten, 1977 (1928), p. 214.
Issued by a follower of the poet Yomo Magao
Unsigned
Literature
M. Forrer, Surimono in the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, Leiden 2013, no. 30
Citation
M. Forrer, 2013, 'anonymous, A Court Lady under a Willow Tree, Japan, c. 1790 - c. 1800', in Surimono from the Goslings Collection in the Rijksmuseum, online coll. cat. Amsterdam: https://data.rijksmuseum.nl/200467455
(accessed 15 January 2026 06:22:19).Footnotes
- 1Coll. cat. Goslings 1999, p. 64, cat. no. 143
- 2Kano, Kaian (ed.), Kyoka jinmei jisho (Dictionary of Names of Kyoka Poets). Kyoto: Rinsen shoten, 1977 (1928), p. 214.