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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), Edo Period

Maker

  • Yashima Gakutei 八島岳亭

Title

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

Year

Edo Period

Medium

ink and color

Materials/Techniques

Materials

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

Techniques

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

Supports

  • paper

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

Place

Place Made: Japan; Place Made: Edo

Type

  • Prints

Credit

Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

Object Number

34.351

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

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

Place Made: Japan; Place Made: Edo

Exhibition History

Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Japanese Print Collection

June 10, 2014 - May 3, 2015

Prints for the Japanese New Year

December 17, 2010 - April 17, 2011

An Abundance of Color

March 5 - May 30, 2004

Prints for the Japanese New Year

December 15, 1995 - March 10, 1996
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