The Dancer

Yanagawa Shigenobu (I) (mentioned on object), c. 1823

Danseres in een kimono met een chrysanten patroon, voert de vlinderdans uit. In haar rechterhand houdt ze een waaier. Met één gedicht van Mochizuki Kagenari.

  • Artwork typeprint, surimono
  • Object numberRP-P-1991-645
  • Dimensionsheight 211 mm x width 184 mm
  • Physical characteristicsnishikie, with metallic pigments and blindprinting

Yanagawa Shigenobu (I)

The Dancer

Japan, Japan, c. 1823

Provenance

…; purchased from the dealer Kunsthandel Huys den Esch, Dodewaard, by J.H.W. Goslings (1943-2011), Epse, near Deventer, 1989;1Coll. cat. Goslings 1999, p. 38, cat. no. 74 by whom donated to the museum, 1992

Object number: RP-P-1991-645

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


Context

For general notes on the series, see RP-P-1991-579.


The artist

Biography

Yanagawa Shigenobu (1787?–1833) was Katsushika Hokusai's pupil and son-in-law. He used the art-names Yanagawa and Reisai. In the 1820s, he moved to Osaka, where he continued designing prints.


Entry

A female dancer holding an open fan in her hand. On her clothing a repetitive decoration representing chrysanthemums.

One poem by Mochizuki Kagenari.

Print from an untitled series of Nerimono Festival Dancers.

Issued by an unidentified poetry club
Signature reading: copied by, Toto, from the Eastern Capital, Yanagawa Shigenobu utsusu with seal: Yanagawa


Literature

M. Forrer, Surimono in the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, Leiden 2013, no. 368a


Citation

M. Forrer, 2013, 'Yanagawa (I) Shigenobu, The Dancer, Japan, c. 1823', in Surimono from the Goslings Collection in the Rijksmuseum, online coll. cat. Amsterdam: https://data.rijksmuseum.nl/200409124

(accessed 10 December 2025 09:56:18).

Footnotes

  • 1Coll. cat. Goslings 1999, p. 38, cat. no. 74