Zonsopkomst aan de kust

Shunshi (vermeld op object), 1797

Schelpen op het strand, met ondergaande zon. De lange maanden 1 ,3 ,5 ,8 ,10 ,11 en 12 voor het jaar 1797 staan aangegeven op de rots, de overige nummers voor de korte maanden staan op de schelpen. Met één gedicht.

  • Soort kunstwerkprent, surimono, egoyomi (kalenderblad)
  • ObjectnummerRP-P-1991-589
  • Afmetingenblad: hoogte 104 mm x breedte 126 mm
  • Fysieke kenmerkenkleurenhoutsnede; blinddruk; lijnblok in zwart met kleurblokken

Shunshi

Sunrise on the Coast

Japan, Japan, 1797

Inscriptions

  • stamped: lower right, in black ink, with mark of Catherine Ball


Provenance

…; collection Catherine Ball (collector's mark);…; purchased from the dealer C.P.J. van der Peet Japanese Prints, Amsterdam, by J.H.W. Goslings (1943-2011), Epse, near Deventer, 1986;1Coll. cat. Goslings 1999, p. 54, cat. no. 119 by whom donated to the museum, 1991

Object number: RP-P-1991-589

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


Context


The artist

Biography

Shunshi was an occasional amateur designer.


Entry

A coastal view with a rock in the foreground, various shells around it. Across the water, the first sunrise of the New Year marked by a red sun.

This is a rather amateurish depiction of Enoshima Island and its surroundings.

This print is a picture calendar, egoyomi, for the New Year of the Snake 1797, the numerals for the long months, 1, 3, 5, 8, 10, 11 and 12, on the rock; those for the short months, 2, 4, 6, 7, intercalary 7, and 9, on the shells. For the connection between Enoshima Island and the Year of the Snake, see RP-P-1991-611.

One haiku poem by Chizuru.
The poem refers to Kinkizan, an alternative name for the Enoshima Island.

Issued by the poet
Signature reading: Shunshi ga


Literature

M. Forrer, Surimono in the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, Leiden 2013, no. 17


Citation

M. Forrer, 2013, 'Shunshi, Sunrise on the Coast, Japan, 1797', in Surimono from the Goslings Collection in the Rijksmuseum, online coll. cat. Amsterdam: https://data.rijksmuseum.nl/200467447

(accessed 11 December 2025 09:03:22).

Footnotes

  • 1Coll. cat. Goslings 1999, p. 54, cat. no. 119