Krab met kersenbloesem, Katsushika Taito II, c. 1825 - c. 1830

Title(s)

Krab met kersenbloesem

Object type

Object number

RP-P-1990-145

Catalogue reference

• Forrer 384
• Jap Cat V 257

Inscriptions / marks

• collector's mark, verso, stamped: Lugt 2228
• collector's mark, verso, stamped: Lugt 2760

Description

Een krab temidden van kersenbloesem aan de waterkant. De krab is het embleem van de dichter Bunbunsha Kanikomaru. Met vijf gedichten.

Artist

• print maker: Katsushika Taito II (mentioned on object)
• Bunshôkan (mentioned on object)
• Bunshikan Fudeo (mentioned on object)
• Bunkaisha Nazuki (mentioned on object)
• Bunkarô Kiyomaru (mentioned on object)
• Bunbunsha (mentioned on object)

Place

Japan

Dating

c. 1825 - c. 1830

Physical features

nishikie, with metallic pigments adn embossing

Material

• paper

Technique

color woodcut

Measurements

height 222 mm × width 187 mm

What

• crustaceans: crab
• plants; vegetation (+ flowers, blossom, blossoming)

Credit line

• Purchased with the support of the F.G. Waller Fund

Acquisition

purchase 1990

Copyright

Public domain

• Yeishi, Choki [et] Hokusaï : estampes japonaises exposées au Musée des Arts Décoratifs [Paris] en Janvier 1913, Charles Vignier, Raymond Koechlin, Jean Lebel, Hogitarō Inada, p. 225
• Surimono in the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, Matthi Forrer, p. 210, cat.nr. 384
• Surimono : poetry and image in Japanese prints, Charlotte van Rappard-Boon, Lee Bruschke-Johnson, cat.nr. 26
• The age of Yoshitoshi : Japanese prints from the Meiji and Taishō periods : Nagasaki, Yokohama and Kamigata prints : recent acquisitions, Jan Piet Filedt Kok, Jan Frederik Heijbroek, p. 160, cat.nr. 257
• Surimono : [Richard Kruml], Richard Kruml, dl. 23, cat.nr. 35
• De vriendschap tussen prentmaker, dichter en acteur: Gakutei's 'Drie krabben aan de waterkant', Charlotte van Rappard-Boon
• Claude Boisgirard en Axel de Heeckeren, Très importante collection de 750 surimono, de calendriers, de nagaye et d'oban, Drouot (Parijs), 1977-12-12/15, cat.nr. 313.