The kite The kite object type: print surimono egoyomi (calendar sheet) Item number: RP-P-1958-548Catalogusreferentie: Forrer 175Jap Cat III 198 Inscriptions / Brands: collector's mark, verso, stamped: Lugt 2228 collector's mark , passe-partout, left, printed: JABdH with a rooster description: a kite in the form of a falcon (takadako) hangs on New Year's decorations of ferns (Urajiro). This is a picture calendar for the year 1816; the kite string shows the brief months of the year aan. Manufacturer : printmaker: Yashima Gakutei (listed property) Place manufacture: Japan Date: 1816 Physical char
The kite The kite object type: print surimono egoyomi (calendar sheet) Item number: RP-P-1958-548Catalogusreferentie: Forrer 175Jap Cat III 198 Inscriptions / Brands: collector's mark, verso, stamped: Lugt 2228 collector's mark , passe-partout, left, printed: JABdH with a rooster description: a kite in the form of a falcon (takadako) hangs on New Year's decorations of ferns (Urajiro). This is a picture calendar for the year 1816; the kite string shows the brief months of the year aan. Manufacturer : printmaker: Yashima Gakutei (listed property) Place manufacture: Japan Date: 1816 Physical characteristics: color woodblock; line block in black with color blocks; metallic pigment material: paper Technique: color woodblock Dimensions: sheet: H 210 mm × W 89 mmToelichtingEen surimono is a luxurious print Where: on picture is combined with one or more poems. When the printing of a surimono was often use is made of thicker paper, embossing, and metal pigments, such as copper and silver powder. The prints were often commissioned by poets and as an exclusive gift to friends and contacts data. A egoyomi a calendar picture, in which the description for months hidden in the design. Were often egoyomi like surimono self-published and made gifts to friends. In Japan, they used until 1873 a lunar calendar, the sequence of long and short months ranged annually. Because only if a small number of publishers calendars were private publishing calendar prints against the rules of the government. To circumvent these rules, the calendar data was hidden in the prentontwerp. Subject (flying a)
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