Identification title(s): number three: the sky at new year with chitose from tsuruya. San - hatsusora no tsuruya uchi chitose (title on object). The nakanochô for the hisakataya poets' association (series title). Hisakataya nakanochô (series title on object). Object type: surimono object number: rp-p-1958-410. Catalog reference: forrer 441-c. Jap cat iii 242. Inscriptions / marks: collector's mark, verso, stamped: lugt 2228 collector's mark, mat, bottom left, printed: jabd. H with a rooster. Description: chitose, a high-ranking courtesan from the tsuruya house, walks with a courtesan in training (shinzô) and on the right a maid (kamuro) along the new year's decorations in nakanochô, the main street of yoshiwara, the pleasure district of edo (present-day tokyo). With two poems. This is the third page (vrnl) of a five-part series. Where: high-ranking courtesans (oiran) from the various houses of yoshiwara are depicted. Manufacture. Manufacturer: printmaker: yashima gakutei (mentioned on object), poet: amanoya wakashiba (mentioned on object), poet: hisakataya (mentioned on object). Place of manufacture: japan. Date: ca. 1827. Physical features: color woodcut; embossing; line block in black with color blocks; metallic pigments. Material: paper technique: color woodcut / color woodcut. Dimensions: top: h 205 mm (shikishiban pentapych) × w 182 mmexplanationa surimono is a luxurious print in which an image is combined with one or more poems. When printing a surimono, thicker paper, blind printing and metal pigments, such as copper and silver powder, were often used. The prints were often commissioned by poets and given as exclusive gifts to friends and relations. Subject: what: courtesan, hetaera. Credit line: bequest of j. A. Bierens de haan, amsterdam. Acquisition: bequest 1958. Date: circa 1827.
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