GAKUTEI  (1786? - 1868). Hōjō Tokiyori

GAKUTEI (1786? - 1868). Hōjō Tokiyori

Artist: Yashima Gakutei (1786? - 1868)
Subject: Hōjō Tokiyori (1227-1263) reading in his study room
Series: Katsushika nijūshisho
Signature: Gakutei and seal Sadaoka
Date: ca. 1821
Publisher: Privately published for the circle of poets Katsushika
Size: Surimono shikishiban, 21,2x18,6 cm.
Medium: Woodblock color print with use of metallic pigments and blind printing.
Literature: Another impression is illustrated and the series described in detail in Kok, Daan. Twenty-four Generals for the Katsushika Circle: Gakutei’s Pictorialization of japanese Military History in: Carpenter, John T. (Ed). Reading Surimono: The interplay of Text and Image in Japanese Prints: With a catalogue of the Marino Lusy Collection. Leiden: Hotei Publishing, 2008, pp.108-121.
Conditions: Very good impression, colour and conditions.
Item no: E 513
Price: Euro 2500
Status: Available