Aapjes

Ryûsai Shinsen (vermeld op object), 1800

Op een rood plankje, dat in een doosje past, zitten vier figuurtjes van aapjes. Surimono zonder gedichten.

  • Soort kunstwerkprent, surimono
  • ObjectnummerRP-P-1991-610
  • Afmetingenblad: hoogte 100 mm x breedte 183 mm
  • Fysieke kenmerkenkleurenhoutsnede; blinddruk; lijnblok in zwart met kleurblokken

Ryûsai Shinsen

A Group of Monkeys

Japan, 1800

Provenance

…; purchased from the dealer Hotei Japanese Prints, Leiden, by J.H.W. Goslings (1943-2011), Epse, near Deventer, 1986;1Coll. cat. Goslings 1999, p. 49, cat. no. 105 by whom donated to the museum, 1991

Object number: RP-P-1991-610

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

Context

Although his name suggests that Shinsen was a pupil of Shinsai, Nagata cites a surimono where he signs ‘drawn by Shinsen, pupil of Hokusai’ (see ‘Katsushikaha no eshitachi’, in: Nagata 1994, 274).

The artist

Biography

Ryusai Shinsen was a follower of Hokusai, despite his name, which suggests indebtedness to Ryuryukyo Shinsai.

Entry

Two pairs of small monkey figurines on a wooden stand placed on the box they are kept in, its lid behind it.

It is difficult to establish whether the monkey figurines are toys, souvenirs or a local speciality. Here, of course, they were selected primarily as a zodiacal animal.

No poems.

Issued anonymously
Signature reading: Ryusai Shinsen ga

Literature

M. Forrer, Surimono in the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, Leiden 2013, no. 170

Citation

M. Forrer, 2013, 'Ryûsai Shinsen, A Group of Monkeys, Japan, 1800', in Surimono from the Goslings Collection in the Rijksmuseum, online coll. cat. Amsterdam: https://data.rijksmuseum.nl/200467492

(accessed 11 December 2025 01:55:28).

Footnotes

  • 1Coll. cat. Goslings 1999, p. 49, cat. no. 105