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  • A figure in elaborate robes seated on a patterned carpet.
  • A figure in elaborate robes seated on a patterned carpet.

Yashima Gakutei 八島岳亭

Rogō 盧敖

Maker

Yashima Gakutei 八島岳亭 (1786-1868, worked in Edo and Osaka, Japan)

Title

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

Period

Edo Period

Year

1820s

Medium

  • polychrome woodblock print with embossing and metallic embellishment (surimono)

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

  • polychrome woodblock print with embossing and metallic embellishment (surimono)

Materials

ink and color

Supports

  • paper

Geography

Origin: Japan

Dimensions

Shikishiban: 20.8 x 18.4 cm (8 3/16 x 7 1/4 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Inscription Text/Poem: うちかけの 亀のうらかた うらまさに はやきなんした 春のまろうと
- 栄花園蝶々子

Translation: "I see my spring guest has arrived!" So it came to pass, just as the long-lived turtle decorating her robes had foretold.
- Saikaen Chōchōshi

(Translated by Alfred Haft in Carpenter, Reading Surimono (2008), p. 177)

Signature: 岳亭 Gakutei

Seals: 定岡 Sadaoka

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of George Pierce Metcalf

Object Number

56.039.30

Type

  • Prints

Exhibition History

Deep Cuts
Stories from Japanese Surimono Prints
May 23, 2026 – Oct 04, 2026
Happiness and Longevity
Deities of Good Fortune in Japanese Prints
Dec 05, 2003 – Feb 29, 2004

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Yashima Gakutei 八島岳亭 (1786-1868, worked in Edo and Osaka, Japan)
Rogō 盧敖; from the series Courtesans Viewed as Immortals (傾城見立列仙伝 七番の内 Keisei mitate ressenden nanban no uchi ), 1820s
polychrome woodblock print with embossing and metallic embellishment (surimono)
Shikishiban: 20.8 x 18.4 cm (8 3/16 x 7 1/4 inches)
Gift of George Pierce Metcalf 56.039.30

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