49. GAKUTEI (1786-1868). Morning Glories. (Sold)

YASHIMA GAKUTEI  (1786-1868)

Still-life with a Kutani porcelain bowl with three morning glories,
their leaves and a silver scissor. Growing different types of morning
glories was a popular pastime during the later part of the Edo
Period and books were published illustrating different varieties of
these flowers. Among Gakutei’s still-life surimono this is one of the
most attractive design.

Woodblock colour print with metallic pigments details
Shikishiban surimono, 20,5x18,3 cm
Signed: Gakutei
Poems by Rokkyokuen Seki Aragaki, Bokukōen Sumiyoshi
Uramaru, Yōiuen Kamikomaru and Rokujuen
Privately published by the Kitaura group of poets of Bizen Province
c. 1820

Provenance: Collector’s seal of Theodor Scheiwe on verso

Other impressions are in the Chester Beatty Library, no. J2170,
illustrated in Keyes. The Art of Surimono, no. 27 where the poems
are translated, in the Rijksmuseum, no. RP-P-1958-422, illustrated in
Forrer. Surimono in the Rijksmuseum, no. 391 and in the Chiossone
Museum, Genoa, illustrated in Failla. Fiori d’oriente, no. 102.

lllustrated in our catalogue Surimono. Hokusai-Shinsai-Hokkei-Gakutei, 
September 2024, no. 49.

Very good impression and colour, the brass metallic pigments oxidized


Status: Sold



Item: D 394