Identification title(s): pushing a boat on lake biwa. Object type: print surimono object number: ak-mak-1575. Inscriptions / marks: inscription, verso, handwritten: inscription in red pencil. Description: men push a boat on lake biwa, with mountains in the background. With japanese text. Manufacture. Manufacturer: printmaker: matsukawa hanzan (mentioned on object). Place of manufacture: japan. Date: 1826. Physical features: color woodcut; line block in black with color blocks. Material: paper technique: color woodcut. Dimensions: top: h 197 mm × w 265 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: lake. Credit line: loan from the association of friends of asian art (bequest of maartje draak, 1996). Acquisition: loan 1996. Copyright: public domainorigin: …; bequeathed by prof. Dr amalia maartje elisabeth draak (1907-1995) to the association of friends of asian art;{note rma. } from whom on loan to the rijksmuseum, 1996. Date: 1826.
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