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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1933.4.1674
People
Yashima Gakutei 八島岳亭, Japanese (1786? - 1868)
Title
Inkstone, Murasaki Shikibu (Suzuri, Murasaki Shikibu), from the series Four Companions of the Writing Studio for the Ichiyō Circle (Ichiyōren bunbō shiyū)
Classification
Prints
Work Type
surimono, print
Date
c. 1827
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, Japan
Period
Edo period, 1615-1868
Culture
Japanese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/207918

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Woodblock print (surimono); ink, color, and metallic pigments on paper
Dimensions
Shikishiban: H. 21.3 cm x W. 18.4 cm (8 3/8 x 7 1/4 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: 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
1933.4.1674
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Theodore Robert Bowie and James T. Kenney, Art of the Surimono, exh. cat., Indiana University Art Museum (Bloomington, IN, 1979), Cat. No. 043 / p. 83

Exhibition History

  • 32Q: 3620 University Study Gallery, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 08/31/2019 - 01/08/2020

Verification Level

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