Twee boeken

Katsushika Hôtei Hokuga (vermeld op object), 1810

Twee delen van Het verhaal van Ise (Ise monogatari). Eén deel is dicht, zodat de titel leesbaar is, het andere toont een afbeelding van een vrouw gedragen op de rug van een man in hoog gras. Dit is hoofdstuk 7, waarin een weggelopen verliefd stel zich in het hoge gras verstopt. De karakters van de titel stellen de lange maanden voor van het jaar 1810. Met één gedicht.

  • Soort kunstwerkprent, surimono, egoyomi (kalenderblad)
  • ObjectnummerRP-P-1991-550
  • Afmetingenblad: hoogte 116 mm x breedte 185 mm
  • Fysieke kenmerkenkleurenhoutsnede; lijnblok in zwart met kleurblokken; metaalpigmenten

Katsushika Hôtei Hokuga

Two Books

Japan, 1810

Provenance

…; purchased from the dealer C.P.J. van der Peet Japanese Prints, Amsterdam, by J.H.W. Goslings (1943-2011), Epse, near Deventer, 1984;1Coll. cat. Goslings 1999, p. 22, cat. no. 30 by whom donated to the museum, 1991

Object number: RP-P-1991-550

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


The artist

Biography

Katsushika Hotei Hokuga (d. 1856) was a follower of Katsushika Hokusai, who also used the names Hotei, Mantei and Manjiro. There is an unconfirmed - or at least insufficiently developed - theory that he is identical to Hotei Gosei.


Entry

A still life of two books, one closed to reveal the title Tales of Ise, Ise monogatari, the other showing a man carrying a lady on his back through pampas grass.

The title of the Ise monogatari, formerly attributed to the courtier and poet Ariwara no Narihira (825-80), is written on the print in such a way that the characters also indicate the long months for 1810, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 10 and 12.

The scene illustrated in the open book is from Section XII and concerns an eloping couple who hide in the Musashi Plains when their absence is discovered. The girl recited the following poem as their persecutors prepared to set the plain ablaze:

Do not set fire to the Musashi Plains today - my beloved husband is hiding here, and so am I.

A long text by —ryukyo shujin, with a written seal, kakihan.

Issued by the poet
Signature reading: Hotei Hokuga ga


Literature

M. Forrer, Surimono in the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, Leiden 2013, no. 139


Citation

M. Forrer, 2013, 'Katsushika Hôtei Hokuga, Two Books, Japan, 1810', in Surimono from the Goslings Collection in the Rijksmuseum, online coll. cat. Amsterdam: https://data.rijksmuseum.nl/200467476

(accessed 29 November 2025 10:13:39).

Footnotes

  • 1Coll. cat. Goslings 1999, p. 22, cat. no. 30