Nieuwjaarsdansers

Ransei (vermeld op object), 1804

Twee nieuwjaarsdansers naast de decoraties van het seizoen: een pijnboom en bamboe; de ene danser houdt een kleine trom vast, de ander een waaier. Drie haiku gedichten.

  • Soort kunstwerkprent, surimono
  • ObjectnummerRP-P-1999-257-11
  • Afmetingenblad: hoogte 167 mm x breedte 134 mm
  • Fysieke kenmerkenkleurenhoutsnede; lijnblok in zwart met kleurblokken

Ransei

New Year's Dancers

Japan, Japan, 1804

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. 338k by whom donated to the museum, 1999

Object number: RP-P-1999-257-11

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


Entry

Two New Year's dancers near the seasonal decorations of pine and bamboo, one holding a small drum, the other with a small cap and fan.

Three haiku poems on various seasonal topics by Kyukyutei Amadani.

This print was preserved in an album apparently compiled by Gasai Sadachika at the age of 67, in the Autumn of the Year of the Dog in the Kaei period, Kanoe inu, i.e., 1850, containing works predominantly by Settan and other designers. For more prints from this album, e.g.
RP-P-1999-257-20.

Issued by the poet
Signature reading: Ransei ga


Literature

M. Forrer, Surimono in the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, Leiden 2013, no. 182


Citation

M. Forrer, 2013, 'Ransei, New Year's Dancers, Japan, 1804', in Surimono from the Goslings Collection in the Rijksmuseum, online coll. cat. Amsterdam: https://data.rijksmuseum.nl/200416127

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

Footnotes

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