Identification title(s): minamoto no yoshiie on horseback and bird on branch. A set of folding screens (series title). Object type: surimono object number: rp-p-1958-524. Catalog reference: forrer 365-b jap cat iii 101. Inscriptions / marks: collector's mark, mat, bottom left, printed: jabd. H with a rooster collector's mark, verso, stamped: lugt 2228. Description: two parts of a miniature folding screen: on the left a bird on a branch of cherry blossoms; on the right the warrior minamoto no yoshiie (1039-1106) on horseback with his servant near a river. With two poems. Manufacture. Manufacturer: printmaker: ryūryūkyo shinsai (mentioned on object), poet: hisakataya misora (mentioned on object). Place of manufacture: japan. Date: ca. 1825. Physical features: color woodcut; embossing; line block in black with color blocks; metallic pigments. Material: paper technique: color woodcut / blind printing. Dimensions: top: h 211 mm (shikishiban) × w 184 mm explanation a 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: screen, folding screenbirds. Credit line: bequest of j. A. Bierens de haan, amsterdam. Acquisition: bequest 1958. Date: circa 1825.
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