Yashima Gakutei 八島岳亭
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Inscription Text/Poem: 春の氷ふかきなかれのてくたにものるてふ鯉の尾をは見られし
千代松彦
haru no kōri/ fukaki nagare no/ tekuda ni mo/ noru to iu koi no/ o oba mirareshi
Chiyo no Matsuhiko
"The courtesan's wiles work their charm unseen, like the tail that propels the carp through a current deep under the spring ice"
Chiyo no Matsuhiko
Signature: 東都岳亭 Tōtō Gakutei (Gakutei from the Eastern capital)
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Gift of George Pierce Metcalf
Object Number
Kinko 琴高
from the series Keisei mitate ressenden nanban no uchi 傾城見立列仙伝 七番の内
Inscription Text/Poem: 春の氷ふかきなかれのてくたにものるてふ鯉の尾をは見られし
千代松彦
haru no kōri/ fukaki nagare no/ tekuda ni mo/ noru to iu koi no/ o oba mirareshi
Chiyo no Matsuhiko
"The courtesan's wiles work their charm unseen, like the tail that propels the carp through a current deep under the spring ice"
Chiyo no Matsuhiko
Signature: 東都岳亭 Tōtō Gakutei (Gakutei from the Eastern capital)
