Dansende god

anoniem, 1852

De geluksgod Fukurokuju, dansend op een veranda, een pijnboom erachter. De contourlijnen van Fukurokuju, zijn tevens de cijfers voor de lange maanden van het nieuwe jaar van de Rat (1852).

  • Soort kunstwerkprent, surimono, egoyomi (kalenderblad)
  • ObjectnummerRP-P-1999-257-10
  • Afmetingenblad: hoogte 168 mm x breedte 81 mm
  • Fysieke kenmerkenstencildrukken

anonymous

A Dancing God

Japan, 1852

Provenance

…; collection Gasai Sadachika, Japan;…; purchased from the dealer Hotei Japanese Prints, Leiden, by J.H.W. Goslings (1943-2011), Epse, near Deventer, 1995;1Coll. cat. Goslings 2004, p. 44, cat. no. 338j by whom donated to the museum, 1999

Object number: RP-P-1999-257-10

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


Context

This print is from the same album as RP-P-1999-257-9.

For more on the Seven Gods of Good Fortune or Luck, the Shichifukujin, a popular group of household deities, see RP-P-1962-331.


Entry

The God of Fortune Fukurokuju dancing on a veranda, a pine tree behind.

This print is a picture calendar, egoyomi, for the New Year of the Rat 1852; the figure of the god is composed of the numerals for the long months of 1852. The print was produced using stencil-printing, kappazuri, still a common technique in (colour) printing, which was probably inspired by the local textile-dyeing industry.

The poem is followed by the word nedoshi, which translates literally as 'Year of the Rat', above an illegible seal. The poem incorporates the numerals for the short months of the year 1852.

Issued by the poet
Signature reading: with illegible seal


Literature

M. Forrer, Surimono in the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, Leiden 2013, no. 217


Citation

M. Forrer, 2013, 'anonymous, A Dancing God, Japan, 1852', in Surimono from the Goslings Collection in the Rijksmuseum, online coll. cat. Amsterdam: https://data.rijksmuseum.nl/200416126

(accessed 9 December 2025 15:44:49).

Footnotes

  • 1Coll. cat. Goslings 2004, p. 44, cat. no. 338j