Japanese Woodblock Prints from an Important Private European Collection

Yashima Gakutei (1786-1868) | New Year's garland and crescent moon | Edo period, 19th century

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Yashima Gakutei (1786-1868)

New Year's garland and crescent moon

Edo period, 19^th century

woodblock print, surimono, embellished with metallic pigment and embossing, signed Gakutei, privately issued, late 1820s, poem by Hakumosha; with collector’s seal of Gerhard Pulverer to the reverse

Shikishiban surimono: 19.6 x 18 cm., 7¾ x 7⅛ in.

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Yashima Gakutei (1786-1868), Guirlande du Nouvel An et croissant de lune, époque Edo, XIXe siècle

Gerhard Pulverer (b. 1930)

The poem by Hakumosha has been translated by John T. Carpenter:

A New Year’s garland of fresh straw crowns,

Saohime goddess of spring with her tresses of

willow tied with a moon-shaped comb.

Wa-kazari no

niwara kakete

saho hime no

yanagi no kami ni

tsuki no sashikushi

Another impression of the same surimono is in the collection of the Portland Museum, accession number 32.733.

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