Previous image 1 2 3 / 3 Next image

Yanagawa Shigenobu 柳川重信

The Poet Asaka no Katsumi with Companions

Maker

Yanagawa Shigenobu 柳川重信 (1787-1832
worked in Edo and Osaka, Japan)

Title

The Poet Asaka no Katsumi with Companions

Period

Edo Period

Year

probably spring 1823

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

ink and color

Supports

Geography

Origin: Japan

Dimensions

Shikishiban: 14.3 x 19.1 cm (5 5/8 x 7 1/2 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Inscription Text/Poem: てにをはの そろはぬこえも うつくしき 鶯ならぬ 過去のうたひ女
浅香勝躬

Seals: Designer's seal: 柳川 Yanagawa
Block carver's seal: Tani Seikō 谷清好

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of George Pierce Metcalf

Object Number

56.039.6

Type

Exhibition History

Surimono from Osaka and Edo
The Pumpelly Album
May 23, 2008 – Oct 05, 2008
Marking the Occasion
Surimono from Edo and Osaka
Sep 15, 2000 – Dec 03, 2000

Label copy

The samurai is identified by his sword. He and the attendants are escorting two women, apparently courtesans, who are described as singers in the poem by Asaka Katsumi inscribed above.

Surimono
Selections from the Japanese Print Collection
Jun 09, 1998 – Sep 08, 1998

Related Objects

More objects +

Image use

The images on this website can enable discovery and collaboration and support new scholarship, and we encourage their use.

Public Domain This object is in the Public Domain and available under a CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) Public Domain Dedication

Tombstone

Yanagawa Shigenobu 柳川重信 (1787-1832
worked in Edo and Osaka, Japan)
Tani Seikō 谷清好 (1822 - 1831, Edo and Osaka, Japan), block carver
The Poet Asaka no Katsumi with Companions, probably spring 1823
polychrome woodblock print with embossing and metallic embellishment
Shikishiban: 14.3 x 19.1 cm (5 5/8 x 7 1/2 inches)
Gift of George Pierce Metcalf 56.039.6

To request new photography, please send an email to imagerequest@risd.edu and include your name and the object's accession number.