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Yashima Gakutei (1786-1868) | The Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove (Chikurin shichiken) | Edo period, 19th century

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Yashima Gakutei (1786-1868) 

The Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove (Chikurin shichiken) 

Edo period, 19th century  

 

woodblock print, surimono, embellished with metallic pigments and embossing, from the series A Set of Ten Famous Numerals for the Katsushika Poetry Circle (Katsushikaren meisu juban), signed Gakutei, sealed Sadaoka, privately issued mid-1820s, poems by Bunteisha Shizumaru and Bunmeisha Nukimaru 

 

Surimono, shikishiban: 21.3 x 19.1 cm., 8 3/8 x 7 1/2 in. 

For another impression of the same surimono in the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, accession number 21.9296, go to: 

https://collections.mfa.org/objects/236915/the-seven-sages-of-the-bamboo-grove-chikurin-shichiken-fr?ctx=c018c537-b981-4690-b5af-304067681dff&idx=0


For a further impression in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art (The MET), accession number JP2100, go to:  

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/60026092