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Ryûryûkyo Shinsai (vermeld op object), 1809

Twee vrouwen en een jongetje op Nieuwjaarsdag op weg naar een tempel. Eén van de vrouwen houdt een bamboe stok vast waaraan verpakte geschenken hangen, het jongetje draagt de andere kant van de stok op zijn schouder. Uit het gedicht kan worden afgeleid dat ze onderweg zijn naar de Tenmangu-tempel bij Kameido, in Edo. Met drie gedichten.

  • Soort kunstwerkprent, surimono
  • ObjectnummerRP-P-1991-636
  • Afmetingenblad: hoogte 137 mm x breedte 184 mm
  • Fysieke kenmerkenkleurenhoutsnede; lijnblok in zwart met kleurblokken; metaalpigmenten

Ontdek verder

"adult woman (+ two persons)" door Ryûryûkyo Shinsai

Herstellen van een kimono

Ryûryûkyo Shinsai (vermeld op object), 1809

Herstellen van een kimono

Twee vrouwen spelend met kind

Ryûryûkyo Shinsai (vermeld op object), 1807

Twee vrouwen spelend met kind

Kruiden hakken

Ryûryûkyo Shinsai (vermeld op object), 1809

Kruiden hakken

meer door Ryûryûkyo Shinsai

Vissen en schelpen

Ryûryûkyo Shinsai (vermeld op object), 1821

Vissen en schelpen

Figuren bij vijver met bloesem

naar prent van Ryûryûkyo Shinsai (vermeld op object), 1890 - 1900

Figuren bij vijver met bloesem

Rollen stof

Ryûryûkyo Shinsai (vermeld op object), ca. 1820

Rollen stof

Vastgeplakte sneeuw verwijderen

Ryûryûkyo Shinsai (vermeld op object), 1807

Vastgeplakte sneeuw verwijderen

Courtisane voor een kimono standaard

Ryûryûkyo Shinsai (vermeld op object), 1809

Courtisane voor een kimono standaard

Dansende courtisane

Ryûryûkyo Shinsai (vermeld op object), 1807

Dansende courtisane

Ryûryûkyo Shinsai

A Shrine Visit

Japan, Japan, Japan, Japan, 1809

Provenance

…; purchased from the dealer Kunsthandel Huys den Esch, Dodewaard, by J.H.W. Goslings (1943-2011), Epse, near Deventer, 1988;1Coll. cat. Goslings 1999, p. 43, cat. no. 88 by whom donated to the museum, 1991

Object number: RP-P-1991-636

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

Context

The Shijimigai is Number 34 in Oeda Ryuho's A Series of Shells as Brocade of the Coast, Kaitsukushi ura no nishiki, of 1749.

For general notes on the series, see RP-P-1991-561.

The artist

Biography

Ryuryukyo Shinsai (n.d., but often given as 1764?-1820; the latter date is definitely incorrect as his last known designs were issued in 1825) is said to have first been follower of Tawaraya Sori, and later of Katsushika Hokusai, who gave him the art-name Shinsai in 1800. His personal name was Masayuki. He was one of the most prolific designers of surimono in the early 19th century and thoroughly explored the possibilities of issuing works in titled series.

Entry

Two women and a boy on their way to visit a shrine at New Year.
One of the women holds a bamboo pole from which hang two bundles of presents, the boy carrying the other end on his shoulder. It is quite possible that one of these bundles is a straw basket containing clams, shijimigai.

The Fresh-water Clam, Shijimigai (Family of the Corbiculidae), from the series A Matching Game of Poems, Kasen awase.

It can be inferred from the poetry that the women are visiting the Kameido Shrine on the eastern bank of Sumida River, an area famous for its clams served at the restaurants nearby.

Three poems by Momotei Kakihito, Narabe Kazunari and Danjuro [Utei] Enba [1743-1822, also known as Karasutei Enba and Momokuri Sanjin, a famous gesaku writer who also edited some kyokabon in 1807 and 1811].2Kano, Kaian (ed.), Kyoka jinmei jisho (Dictionary of Names of Kyoka Poets). Kyoto: Rinsen shoten, 1977 (1928), p. 30.

The poem by Kakihito refers to various indications of the New Year, such as the plum with a sacred fence around it at Kameido and the famous clams. Enba also makes the connection with Kameido, its famous plum tree and the clams, while Kazunari introduces different associations, speaking of beautiful women making their first visit to a shrine on the Day of the Hare, and eating clams at the nearby Narihira Bridge.

Issued by the Yomogawa
Unsigned

Literature

M. Forrer, Surimono in the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, Leiden 2013, no. 163a

Citation

M. Forrer, 2013, 'Ryûryûkyo Shinsai, A Shrine Visit, Japan, 1809', in Surimono from the Goslings Collection in the Rijksmuseum, online coll. cat. Amsterdam: https://data.rijksmuseum.nl/200467489

(accessed 13 December 2025 05:40:13).

Footnotes

  • 1Coll. cat. Goslings 1999, p. 43, cat. no. 88
  • 2Kano, Kaian (ed.), Kyoka jinmei jisho (Dictionary of Names of Kyoka Poets). Kyoto: Rinsen shoten, 1977 (1928), p. 30.