Three business cups Three Sake bowl object type: surimono Item number: RP-P-1958-519Catalogusreferentie: Forrer 358Jap Cat III 105 Inscriptions / Brands: collector's mark, verso, stamped: Lugt 2228 collector's mark , passe-partout, left, printed: JABdH with a rooster description: Three painted rice wine (sake) saucers on crepe paper. One bowl is upside down, the other two are a carp and a dragon depicted move upstream against a waterfall. This refers to the belief that carp could swim against a particular river eventually turned into dragons. With three gedichten. Manufacturer : printmaker: Ry

Three business cups Three Sake bowl object type: surimono Item number: RP-P-1958-519Catalogusreferentie: Forrer 358Jap Cat III 105 Inscriptions / Brands: collector's mark, verso, stamped: Lugt 2228 collector's mark , passe-partout, left, printed: JABdH with a rooster description: Three painted rice wine (sake) saucers on crepe paper. One bowl is upside down, the other two are a carp and a dragon depicted move upstream against a waterfall. This refers to the belief that carp could swim against a particular river eventually turned into dragons. With three gedichten. Manufacturer : printmaker: Ryūryūkyo Shinsai (listed building) poet Tagoto no Tsukimaro (listed building) poet Tsukiawase Hiroki (listed building) poet Shakuyakutei (listed property) Place manufacture: Japan Date: 1820 Physical features: color woodcut; embossing; line block in black with color blocks; metallic pigment material: paper Technique: color woodblock / embossing Dimensions: sheet: H 199 mm (shikishiban) × b 181 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 relations and legal gegeven.

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