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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1933.4.1736
People
Yashima Gakutei 八島岳亭, Japanese (1786? - 1868)
Title
Woman with Drum: from Hisagataya Club Series of Five Musical Instruments
Classification
Prints
Work Type
surimono, print
Date
Edo period, circa 1827-1829
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, Japan
Period
Edo period, 1615-1868
Culture
Japanese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/207927

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Paper: H. 22.0 cm x W. 18.9 cm (8 11/16 x 7 7/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: (printed) Gakutei hitsu; cursive poem

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
1933.4.1736
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Katherine Lockett, "Technical Study of the Colours Found in Six Ukiyo-E Surimono Woodblock Prints Produced by the Artist Yashima Gakutei between 1820 and 1830" (thesis (certificate in conservation), Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies, 1999), Unpublished, pp. 1-51 passim

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