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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1933.4.1685
People
Yashima Gakutei 八島岳亭, Japanese (1786? - 1868)
Title
Courtesan Koromode with Attendants during a Lull in the Snow (Yukima no Wakanaya uchi Koromode), second from the series Views of the Nakanochō for the Hisakata Poetry Club (Hisakataya Nakanochō no ni), with poems by Suihōtei Komatsu and Hisakataya
Other Titles
Transliterated Title: Hisakataya Nakanochō no ni -- Yukima no Wakanaya uchi Koromode
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print, surimono
Date
Edo period, circa 1825
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, Japan
Period
Edo period, 1615-1868
Culture
Japanese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/207963

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Ukiyo-e woodblock-printed "surimono" in "shikishiban" format; Ink, color and metallic pigment on paper
Dimensions
Paper: H. 20.9 cm x W. 18.6 cm (8 1/4 x 7 5/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: (printed) Gakutei Sadaoka

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
1933.4.1685
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1820 and 1830" (thesis (certificate in conservation), Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies, 1999), Unpublished, pp. 1-51 passim

Verification Level

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