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Yashima Gakutei

Kinko, 1820s

Description

Maker

Title

Kinko

Year

1820s

Medium

Polychrome woodblock print with embossing and metallic embellishment

Materials/Techniques

Materials

Techniques

Supports

Dimensions

Length: 20.6 cm (8 1/8 inches)

Place

Japan

Type

Credit

Gift of George Pierce Metcalf

Object Number

56.039.27

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Surimono from Osaka and Edo

May 23 - October 5, 2008

The Osaka-based Crane Poetry Group commissioned Gakutei, an Edo (modern Tokyo) printmaker, to design a set of surimono depicting courtesans as immortals. The holy hermit Kinkō is said to have traveled on the back of a large carp. The poem to the left of the courtesan is by Chiyo no Matsuhiko (act. mid-1820s), a member of the Crane Poetry Group, and the nesting-crane emblem is part of the series title in the upper right. Gakutei designed the background with crane images and identified himself as an artist from Edo.

Hokusai and His Followers

May 15 - September 27, 1987

This sumptuously printed surimono shows a famous courtesan and is part of a series commissioned by The Crane Poetry Club. Her kimono is decorated with a carp design; the background motif of stylized cranes indicates the sponsor. Gakutei is said to have studied under Hokkei, Hokusai's pupil.

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