Yashima Gakutei 八島岳亭
Maker
Title
Year
Medium
Materials/Techniques
Supports
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Signature / Inscription / Marks
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
Translation: 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
(Translation by Alfred Haft in Carpenter, Reading Surimono (2005), p. 106)
Signature: 東都岳亭 Tōtō Gakutei (Gakutei from the Eastern capital)
Seals: 定岡 Sadaoka
Place
Type
Credit
Gift of George Pierce Metcalf
Object Number
Kinkō 琴高
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: 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
Translation: 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
(Translation by Alfred Haft in Carpenter, Reading Surimono (2005), p. 106)
Signature: 東都岳亭 Tōtō Gakutei (Gakutei from the Eastern capital)
Seals: 定岡 Sadaoka
