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Five Hairpins
anonymous, c. 1790 - c. 1800
Vijf haarspelden, gestoken in een bandje. De middelste speld en het bandje zijn met blinddruk weergegeven en allemaal zijn ze gedrukt zonder lijnblok. Met één gedicht over de godin van de lente, Saohime en haar haarspelden.
- Artwork typeprint, surimono
- Object numberRP-P-1991-556
- Dimensionsheight 100 mm x width 138 mm
- Physical characteristicsnishikie, with embossing
Identification
Title(s)
Five Hairpins
Object type
Object number
RP-P-1991-556
Description
Vijf haarspelden, gestoken in een bandje. De middelste speld en het bandje zijn met blinddruk weergegeven en allemaal zijn ze gedrukt zonder lijnblok. Met één gedicht over de godin van de lente, Saohime en haar haarspelden.
Inscriptions / marks
collector's mark, verso, stamped: Lugt 2973
Part of catalogue
Catalogue reference
- Goslings 146
- Forrer 27
Creation
Creation
- printmaker: anonymous, Japan
- poet: Gosetsutei Nakazumi (mentioned on object), Japan
Dating
c. 1790 - c. 1800
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Material and technique
Physical description
nishikie, with embossing
Dimensions
height 100 mm x width 138 mm
Explanatory note
Een surimono is een luxe uitgevoerde prent waarop beeld met één of meerdere gedichten gecombineerd is. Bij het drukken van een surimono werd vaak gebruik gemaakt van dikker papier, blinddruk en metaal pigmenten, zoals koper- en zilverpoeder. De prenten werden vaak in opdracht van dichters gemaakt en als exclusief geschenk aan vrienden en relaties gegeven.
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Subject
Acquisition and rights
Credit line
Gift of J.H.W. Goslings, Epse
Acquisition
gift 1991
Copyright
Provenance
…; collection Samuel Tuke (1854-1937), Netherton Hall, near Honiton, Devon (L. 2973);…; purchased from the dealer Johannes Marcus (Kunsthandel Magdalena Sothmann), Amsterdam, by J.H.W. Goslings (1943-2011), Epse, near Deventer, 1985;{Coll. cat. Goslings 1999, p. 65, cat. no. 146} by whom donated to the museum, 1991
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anonymous
Five Hairpins
Japan, Japan, c. 1790 - c. 1800
Inscriptions
stamped on verso, with mark of Samuel Tuke
Provenance
…; collection Samuel Tuke (1854-1937), Netherton Hall, near Honiton, Devon (L. 2973);…; purchased from the dealer Johannes Marcus (Kunsthandel Magdalena Sothmann), Amsterdam, by J.H.W. Goslings (1943-2011), Epse, near Deventer, 1985;1Coll. cat. Goslings 1999, p. 65, cat. no. 146 by whom donated to the museum, 1991
Object number: RP-P-1991-556
Credit line: Gift of J.H.W. Goslings, Epse
Entry
Five hairpins apparently held by small straps made by cutting the paper. They are of various colours - two are reddish-brown, the other three are light purple, white and yellow respectively.
The hairpins are printed in colour only, without a block-printed outline, the paper straps indicated by means of embossing, a type of blindprinting in low relief, known as kimekomi. The simplicity of the design suggests that it is also the work of the poet, who may have actually made the print as well.
One poem by Gosetsutei Nakazumi.
The poem alludes to 'the Goddess of Spring, Saohime, adorned with hairpins' and 'the hustle and bustle of New Year'.
Issued by the poet
Unsigned
Literature
M. Forrer, Surimono in the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, Leiden 2013, no. 27
Citation
M. Forrer, 2013, 'anonymous, Five Hairpins, Japan, c. 1790 - c. 1800', in Surimono from the Goslings Collection in the Rijksmuseum, online coll. cat. Amsterdam: https://data.rijksmuseum.nl/200467453
(accessed 25 mei 2026 04:36:10 UTC+0).Footnotes
- 1Coll. cat. Goslings 1999, p. 65, cat. no. 146