Yashima Gakutei 八島岳亭

Rogō 盧敖, Edo Period

Maker

Title

Rogō 盧敖

Year

Edo Period

Medium

ink and color

Materials/Techniques

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

Place

Origin: Japan

Type

Credit

Gift of George Pierce Metcalf

Object Number

56.039.30

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 )

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

Origin: Japan

Exhibition History

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