Lady Seated by Birdcage

Shigenobu (II) (mentioned on object), c. 1825 - c. 1830

Een vrouw met jonge assistent zitten bij vogelkooi, waaruit zojuist een vogel ontsnapt is. De titel zou naar de bevrijde vogel kunnen verwijzen. Met drie gedichten.

  • Artwork typeprint, surimono
  • Object numberRP-P-1991-463
  • Dimensionsheight 214 mm x width 184 mm
  • Physical characteristicsnishikie, with metallic pigments

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Yanagawa Shigenobu (II)

Lady Seated by Birdcage

Japan, Japan, Japan, Japan, c. 1825 - c. 1830

Provenance

…; purchased from the dealer Hotei Japanese Prints, Leiden, by J.H.W. Goslings (1943-2011), Epse, near Deventer, 1983;1Coll. cat. Goslings 1999, p. 39, cat. no. 77 by whom donated to the museum, 1991

Object number: RP-P-1991-463

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

The artist

Biography

Yanagawa Shigenobu II (died after 1868), a pupil of Yanagawa Shigenobu, first used the name Shigeyama or, incorrectly often read as Juzan, and either took the name of his teacher after Shigenobu left for Osaka, or only after his death in 1833.

Entry

A lady and her page-boy seated by a birdcage from which the bird has just escaped.

Number Five: The Flower of the Heart, Sono go - Kokoro no hana, from the series A Comparison of Flowers, Hana awase.

The 'Flower of the Heart' in the title may refer to the bird.

Three poems by Kogetsutei Hayao from Shinshu [i.e., Shinano Province], Goshintei Misaru, and Rikkaen.

Issued by the Sugawararen
Signature reading: Yanagawa Shigenobu, with seal: Yanagawa

Literature

M. Forrer, Surimono in the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, Leiden 2013, no. 379

Citation

M. Forrer, 2013, ', Yanagawa (II) Shigenobu, Lady Seated by Birdcage, Japan, c. 1825 - c. 1830', in Surimono from the Goslings Collection in the Rijksmuseum, online coll. cat. Amsterdam: https://data.rijksmuseum.nl/200485442

(accessed 5 December 2025 17:17:34).

Footnotes

  • 1Coll. cat. Goslings 1999, p. 39, cat. no. 77