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  • A figure in long white robes, seated next to a large decorated jar sealed with fabric, below calligraphic script.
  • A figure in long white robes, seated next to a large decorated jar sealed with fabric, below calligraphic script.

Yashima Gakutei 八島岳亭

Doll on a Stand

Maker

Yashima Gakutei 八島岳亭 (1786-1868, worked in Edo and Osaka, Japan)

Title

Doll on a Stand

Period

Edo Period

Year

1822

Medium

  • Polychrome woodblock print with embossing and metallic embellishments (surimono)

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

  • Polychrome woodblock print with embossing and metallic embellishments (surimono)

Materials

ink and color

Supports

  • paper

Geography

Origin: Japan

Dimensions

Shikishiban: 21.8 x 18.7 cm (8 9/16 x 7 3/8 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Inscription Text/Poem: 窮屈な 雛の夫婦は ねかはしと 裸人形を めつる手弱女 
- 望月影成
Translation: The girl prefers the simple wooden doll and would not ask for the stiff dolls of the husband and wife
- Mochizuki Kagenari

(Translated in Keyes, Art of Surimono (1985), p. 8)

Signature: 岳亭 Gakutei

Seals: 定岡 (Sadaoka)

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of George Pierce Metcalf

Object Number

56.039.39

Type

  • Prints

Exhibition History

Bushido
The Way of the Samurai
Nov 01, 1985 – Feb 09, 1986

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Yashima Gakutei 八島岳亭 (1786-1868, worked in Edo and Osaka, Japan)
Doll on a Stand, 1822
Polychrome woodblock print with embossing and metallic embellishments (surimono)
Shikishiban: 21.8 x 18.7 cm (8 9/16 x 7 3/8 inches)
Gift of George Pierce Metcalf 56.039.39

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