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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1933.4.1618
People
Yashima Gakutei 八島岳亭, Japanese (1786? - 1868)
Title
Courtesan as Ōkyō (Wang Qiao), from the series Courtesans Viewed as the Immortals of Ressenden, One of Seven (Keisei mitate Ressenden, shichiban no uchi)
Classification
Prints
Work Type
surimono, print
Date
Edo period, circa 1824
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, Japan
Period
Edo period, 1615-1868
Culture
Japanese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/179066

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Woodblock print (surimono); ink, color, embossing, and metallic pigments on paper
Dimensions
Shikishiban format: H. 20.8 cm x W. 18.5 cm (8 3/16 x 7 5/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: Tōto Gakutei

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of the Friends of Arthur B. Duel
Accession Year
1933
Object Number
1933.4.1618
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Edythe Polster and Alfred H. Marks, Surimono: Prints by Elbow, Lovejoy Press (Washington D.C., 1980), p. 93

Exhibition History

  • 32Q: 2600 East Asian, Japanese, Chinese and Korean, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 09/08/2016 - 12/01/2016

Verification Level

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