Jongetje op een stokpaard Little boy on a hobby horse object type: print surimono egoyomi (calendar sheet) Item number: RP-P-1991-607Catalogusreferentie: Forrer 5Goslings 164 Inscriptions / Brands: collector's mark, verso, stamped: Unknown collector stamp Description: A little boy dressed in court dress rides his stick horse. The print is a calendar picture for the year of the Horse, 1786. The long months (1, 3, 5, 6, 8 and 11) are visible on its kimono. Manufacturer : print maker: anonymous location manufacture: Japan Date: 1786 Physical characteristics: color wood block; line block in black
Jongetje op een stokpaard Little boy on a hobby horse object type: print surimono egoyomi (calendar sheet) Item number: RP-P-1991-607Catalogusreferentie: Forrer 5Goslings 164 Inscriptions / Brands: collector's mark, verso, stamped: Unknown collector stamp Description: A little boy dressed in court dress rides his stick horse. The print is a calendar picture for the year of the Horse, 1786. The long months (1, 3, 5, 6, 8 and 11) are visible on its kimono. Manufacturer : print maker: anonymous location manufacture: Japan Date: 1786 Physical characteristics: color wood block; line block in black with color blocks material: paper Technique: color woodblock Dimensions: sheet: H 118 mm × W 64 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: hobby-horse and
Size: 1182px × 2114px
Photo credit: © Art World / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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