Identification title(s): watching the sunrise at enoshima. Object type: print surimono object number: rp-p-1999-106. Catalog reference: forrer 153. Inscriptions / marks: collector's mark, verso, stamped: lugt 2228. Description: two standing women and a pipe-smoking man sitting on suitcases, watching the first sunrise of the new year. In the back the island of enoshima. With three poems. Manufacture. Manufacturer: printmaker: ryūryūkyo shinsai (mentioned on object) poet: jungetsutei (mentioned on object) poet: shimizu masako (mentioned on object) poet: yomo no utagaki magao (mentioned on object). Place of manufacture: japan. Date: 1809. Physical features: color woodcut; embossing; line block in black with color blocks; metallic pigments. Material: paper technique: color woodcut / blind printing. Dimensions: sheet: h 136 mm × w 189 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: sunrise. Credit line: purchase from the f. G. Waller fund. Acquisition: purchase 1999. Date: 1809.
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