Yashima Gakutei 八島岳亭
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Yashima Gakutei 八島岳亭 (1786-1868, worked in Edo and Osaka, Japan)
Title
Tekkai 鉄拐
from the series Courtesans Viewed as Immortals (傾城見立列仙伝 七番の内 Keisei mitate ressenden nanban no uchi)
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Materials
ink and colorSupports
Geography
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Origin: Japan
Dimensions
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Shikishiban: 20.6 x 18.4 cm (8 1/8 x 7 1/4 inches)
Signature / Inscription / Marks
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Inscription Text/Poem: わすれ草 けぶりはそらに おいらんの 富士びたひにも かすみたちぬる
抜小路近道
Translation: Tobacco smoke wreathes the courtesan's exquisite white forehead - as shapely as Mt. Fuji - and rises mist-like toward the sky
- Nukekōji no Chikamichi(Translated in Carpenter, Reading Surimono (2008), p. 173)
Signature: 東都岳亭 Gakutei from the Eastern Capital
Seals: 定岡 Sadaoka
Credit / Object Number
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Credit
Gift of George Pierce Metcalf
Object Number
56.039.37 Type
Exhibition History
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