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Yashima Gakutei

Caged Bird and Plum Branch (Ume ni torikago)

Description

Maker

Yashima Gakutei (Japanese, ca. 1786-1868)

Title

Caged Bird and Plum Branch (Ume ni torikago)
Two sheets for the Bizen Circle
Bizen kuniren 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: 20.8 x 18.4 cm (8 3/16 x 7 1/4 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Inscription verso, bottom left: 13.328; in a later hand verso, bottom right: R402
[text and poems] Poems by Hokichien, Hyakuchoen Inteki, Fukujuen Fukujukei, Chikutei Tekiri, Tojuen Nandara

Signature: Gakutei

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

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

Object Number

34.351

Type

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

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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Tombstone

Yashima Gakutei (Japanese, ca. 1786-1868)
Caged Bird and Plum Branch (Ume ni torikago); Two sheets for the Bizen Circle; Bizen kuniren niban tsusuki, 1820s
Polychrome wood block print with embossing and metallic highlights
Shikishiban: 20.8 x 18.4 cm (8 3/16 x 7 1/4 inches)
Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr. 34.351

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