Staande courtisane

Hannichian Nana (vermeld op object), 1827

Een Osaka surimono van een acteur in de rol van een courtisane. Onoe Kikugoro III (act. 1820-1830) in een stuk opgevoerd in 1826 in het Kado theater te Osaka. Met vier gedichten.

  • Soort kunstwerkprent, surimono
  • ObjectnummerRP-P-1991-542
  • Afmetingenblad: hoogte 210 mm (shikishiban) x breedte 177 mm
  • Fysieke kenmerkenkleurenhoutsnede; blinddruk; lijnblok in zwart met kleurblokken; metaalpigmenten; polijsten

Hannichian Nana

Standing Courtesan

Japan, Japan, Japan, Japan, Japan, 1827

Provenance

…; purchased from Johannes Marcus via Felix Tikotin (1893-1986), by J.H.W. Goslings (1943-2011), Epse, near Deventer, 1983;1Coll. cat. Goslings 1999, p. 17, cat. no. 17 by whom donated to the museum, 1991

Object number: RP-P-1991-542

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

Context

The poet Fubijin also appears on one of the designs in Shigenobu’s untitled series of Nerimono Festival Dancers of c. 1823.2Carpenter, John T. (ed.), Reading Surimono: The Interplay of Text and Image in Japanese Prints: With a Catalogue of the Marino Lusy Collection. Leiden: Hotei Publishing, 2008, p. 215.

For other designs by Hannichian - (?), see:
Young woman playing with a dog.3Japanische Surimono, Sale Catalogue, 10 September-3 October 1987, Vienna: Galerie Zacke 1987, p. 17.

Entry

A standing courtesan dressed in a black kimono.

Onoe Kikugoro III in the role of a courtesan. Kikugoro performed in Osaka 1820/VII until 1820/XI, from 1826/I until 1826/XI in Kyoto, in Ise in 1829/VIII and in Kyoto in 1829/XI. It is difficult to establish the exact role.

Four poems by Keso Fubijin [also known as Harunoya Fubijin, an Osaka poet],4Kano, Kaian (ed.), Kyoka jinmei jisho (Dictionary of Names of Kyoka Poets). Kyoto: Rinsen shoten, 1977 (1928), p. 191. Meitei Hayane, Yukinoya Takase and Ashinoya.

Issued by the poets
Signature reading: Hannichian - (?), with seal: - (?)

Literature

M. Forrer, Surimono in the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, Leiden 2013, no. 596

Citation

M. Forrer, 2013, 'Hannichian Nana, Standing Courtesan, Japan, 1827', in Surimono from the Goslings Collection in the Rijksmuseum, online coll. cat. Amsterdam: https://data.rijksmuseum.nl/200485496

(accessed 8 December 2025 17:05:25).

Footnotes

  • 1Coll. cat. Goslings 1999, p. 17, cat. no. 17
  • 2Carpenter, John T. (ed.), Reading Surimono: The Interplay of Text and Image in Japanese Prints: With a Catalogue of the Marino Lusy Collection. Leiden: Hotei Publishing, 2008, p. 215.
  • 3Japanische Surimono, Sale Catalogue, 10 September-3 October 1987, Vienna: Galerie Zacke 1987, p. 17.
  • 4Kano, Kaian (ed.), Kyoka jinmei jisho (Dictionary of Names of Kyoka Poets). Kyoto: Rinsen shoten, 1977 (1928), p. 191.