Yashima Gakutei 八島岳亭

Gama 蝦蟇, Edo Period

Maker

Title

Gama 蝦蟇

Year

Edo Period

Medium

ink and color

Materials/Techniques

Dimensions

Shikishiban: 20.6 x 18.4 cm (8 1/8 x 7 1/4 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Inscription Text/Poem: すひよせん 客まつ春の 手すさひか さわく廊下の あなかまの術　
- 鶴廼屋
Translation: Like Gama casting spells, they play springtime hand-games to bring guests into the quarter, a clamorous enchantment ringing merrily through the hall
- Tsurunoya

(Translated in Carpenter, Reading Surimono (2008), p. 171)

Signature: 東都岳亭 Gakutei from the Eastern Capital

Seals: 定岡 Sadaoka

Place

Origin: Japan

Type

Credit

Gift of George Pierce Metcalf

Object Number

56.039.38

Gama 蝦蟇
from the series Courtesans Viewed as Immortals (傾城見立列仙伝 七番の内 Keisei mitate ressenden nanban no uchi)

Inscription Text/Poem: すひよせん 客まつ春の 手すさひか さわく廊下の あなかまの術　
- 鶴廼屋
Translation: Like Gama casting spells, they play springtime hand-games to bring guests into the quarter, a clamorous enchantment ringing merrily through the hall
- Tsurunoya

(Translated in Carpenter, Reading Surimono (2008), p. 171)

Signature: 東都岳亭 Gakutei from the Eastern Capital

Seals: 定岡 Sadaoka

Origin: Japan

Exhibition History

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