Yashima Gakutei 八島岳亭

Fan Kuai and Tomoe Gozen, Edo Period

Maker

Title

Fan Kuai and Tomoe Gozen

Year

Edo Period

Medium

ink and color

Materials/Techniques

Dimensions

Shikishiban: 21.1 x 18.4 cm (8 5/16 x 7 1/4 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Inscription Text/Poem: 箔おきの 剣舞とやみん いさむ子らが かさる人形も 黄門の会
- 浅香勝躬

幟絵の 鍾馗に似たる 樊噲も 楯なる鬼を ひしぐさまみゆ
- 北窓梅好

菖蒲草 大盃に 影うけて 巴瓦へ さすもめでたき
- 望月影成

Translation: To the brave child, the gilt figures seem to perform a sword dance and the festival dolls to act out the banquet at Kōmon
- Asaka no Katsumi

Hankai, like the figure of Shōki on a painted banner, could crush the demon on the shield
- Kitamado no Umeyoshi

The iris shades the great wine cup and points to the propitious tomoe-shaped tile
- Mochizuki Kagenari

(Translation in Carpenter, Reading Surimono (2008), p. 188)

Signature: 岳亭定岡画 Gakutei Sadaoka ga (Pictured by Gakutei Sadaoka)

Place

Origin: Japan

Type

Credit

Gift of George Pierce Metcalf

Object Number

56.039.32

Fan Kuai and Tomoe Gozen

Inscription Text/Poem: 箔おきの 剣舞とやみん いさむ子らが かさる人形も 黄門の会
- 浅香勝躬

幟絵の 鍾馗に似たる 樊噲も 楯なる鬼を ひしぐさまみゆ
- 北窓梅好

菖蒲草 大盃に 影うけて 巴瓦へ さすもめでたき
- 望月影成

Translation: To the brave child, the gilt figures seem to perform a sword dance and the festival dolls to act out the banquet at Kōmon
- Asaka no Katsumi

Hankai, like the figure of Shōki on a painted banner, could crush the demon on the shield
- Kitamado no Umeyoshi

The iris shades the great wine cup and points to the propitious tomoe-shaped tile
- Mochizuki Kagenari

(Translation in Carpenter, Reading Surimono (2008), p. 188)

Signature: 岳亭定岡画 Gakutei Sadaoka ga (Pictured by Gakutei Sadaoka)

Origin: Japan

Exhibition History

Bushido

November 1, 1985 - February 9, 1986
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