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Yashima Gakutei 八島岳亭

Two Designs for the Bizen Circle (備前国連二番続 Bizen kokuren niban tsusuki)

Maker

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

Title

Two Designs for the Bizen Circle (備前国連二番続 Bizen kokuren niban tsusuki)

Period

Edo Period

Year

1820s

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

ink and color

Supports

Geography

Place Made: Japan; Place Made: Edo

Dimensions

Shikishiban: 20.9 x 18.6 cm (8 1/4 x 7 5/16 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Inscription Text/Poem: 御慶いふ人はかりかハいつる日も　ゑにさかゑたるはつはるのそら　法吉園初音
ワか宿の花見かてらにくるいとハ　おりなんきぬも香に匂はまし　百鳥園員笛
無筆かとさこそおもはめちるときの　雪かきと見る花の制札　福寿園福寿計
春風に氷ハとけて川きしの　年にむすひ見る青柳のいと　竹亭笛里
睦奥國松しまにてよめる　のこる雪かすそへたてゝおもしろき　なかめのかはる千々のまつしま　唐樹園南陀羅
Translation: Poems by Hokichien, Hyakuchoen Inteki, Fukujuen Fukujukei, Chikutei

Signature: 岳亭画 Gakutei ga (Pictured by Gakutei)

Seals: poetry group: emblem of the Bizen-guni ren (Bizen-guni circle)

Marks: Inscription on verso, at bottom left: 13.328; in a later hand verso, bottom right: R402

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

Object Number

34.351

Type

Exhibition History

Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Japanese Print Collection
Jun 10, 2014 – May 03, 2015
Prints for the Japanese New Year
Dec 17, 2010 – Apr 17, 2011

Label copy

In this print, the inscribed poems as well as the image of blossoming plums allude to the New Year.

An Abundance of Color
Spring Blossoms
Mar 05, 2004 – May 30, 2004
Prints for the Japanese New Year
Dec 15, 1995 – Mar 10, 1996

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Public Domain This object is in the Public Domain and available under a CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) Public Domain Dedication

Tombstone

Yashima Gakutei 八島岳亭 (ca. 1786-1868, b. in Osaka, worked in Osaka and Edo, Japan)
Two Designs for the Bizen Circle (備前国連二番続 Bizen kokuren niban tsusuki), 1820s
polychrome woodblock print with embossing and metallic embellishment (surimono)
Shikishiban: 20.9 x 18.6 cm (8 1/4 x 7 5/16 inches)
Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr. 34.351

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