De Godin Benten

Gakutei (ca. 1786-1868)


Item type:
print
Date of creation:
1828
Height:
20.9 cm  (8 1/4 in.)
Width:
18.6 cm  (7 5/16 in.)
Technique / Medium:
color woodcut
Place of creation:
Nihon [Japan] (日本国)

    Item location

  • Rijksmuseum (Amsterdam)
    [Museum inv. no.: RP-P-1991-538]

Description

A courtesan playing a Japanese lute (biwa), and looking like the Goddess Benten (Benzaiten or 弁才天, 弁財天), a Japanese Buddhist goddess. This copy of the print is from the Meiji period (1868-1912); the original design dates ca. 1828.

Iconclass

12HH13
representations ~ goddesses, demi-goddesses, heroines etc. (Hinduism, Buddhism or Jainism)
33C521
courtesan, hetaera

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Biwa [3325]

RIdIM images


Rijksmuseum image

Image URLs

image link 1
Rijksmuseum record

RIdIM record id

2959