Japanese Woodblock Prints from an Important Private European Collection

Yashima Gakutei (1786-1868) | Turtles and waterweeds | Edo period, 19th century

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Yashima Gakutei (1786-1868)

Turtles and waterweeds

Edo period, 19^th century

woodblock print, surimono, embellished with metallic pigments and embossing, from the set Cranes and Turtles, A Set of Two (Tsuru kame niban) signed Gakutei, privately issued, circa 1819; with collectors’ seals of Hayashi Tadamasa and Gerhard Pulverer

Shikishiban surimono: 20.5 x 17.5 cm., 8⅛ x 6⅞ in.

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Yashima Gakutei (1786-1868), Tortues et plantes aquatiques, époque Edo, XIXe siècle

Hayashi Tadamasa (1853-1906)

Gerhard Pulverer (b. 1930)

Doitsu Puruvera korekushon ukiyo-e hanga meihinten [Masterpieces of Ukiyo-e from the Pulverer Collection], exhibited at the following venues:

Matsuzakaya Department Store, Osaka, 27^th December 1990 - 8^th January 1991

Matsuzakaya Department Store, Ginza, 24^th - 29^thJanuary 1991

Doitsu Puruvera korekushon ukiyo-e hanga meihinten [Masterpieces of Ukiyo-e from the Pulverer Collection] (Tokyo, 1990), p. 83, no. 2-71.

There appears to be only one other known impression of this surimono in the collection of the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, object number RP-P-1958-424.

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