Yashima Gakutei 八島岳亭

Tekkai 鉄拐, Edo Period

Maker

Title

Tekkai 鉄拐

Year

Edo Period

Medium

ink and color

Materials/Techniques

Dimensions

Shikishiban: 20.6 x 18.4 cm (8 1/8 x 7 1/4 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

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

Place

Origin: Japan

Type

Credit

Gift of George Pierce Metcalf

Object Number

56.039.37

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)

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

Origin: Japan

Exhibition History

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