62. GAKUTEI (1786-1868). Two Women at Ueno

YASHIMA GAKUTEI  (1786-1868)

A lady and her maidservant strolling past the Sannō temple in Ueno.

Woodblock colour print with metallic pigments details
Shikishiban surimono, 20,9x19,3 cm
Signed: Gakutei
Poems by Kanshōdō Sumiyoshi and Bunrokuen Asayuki
From the series Famous Places in Edo Compared to the Twelve Signs of
the Zodiac for the Ichiyōren ( Ichiyōren Edo meisho mitate jūnishi).
This print is associated with the zodiacal sign of the Dragon. The
woodblocks for this series of surimono were later adapted and reused
for an illustrated book titled Murasakigusa
Privately published by the Ichiyō-ren, circle of poets, a subgroup of
the Katsushika-ren
c. 1827

The impression from the Becker Collection is illustrated, described in
detail and the poems translated in McKee. Colored in the Year’s New
Light, no. 103. Another example is in the Victoria and Albert Museum,
no. E.3754-191.

lllustrated in our catalogue Surimono. Hokusai-Shinsai-Hokkei-Gakutei, 
September 2024, no. 62.

Very good impression and colour, tiny repairs

Price: Euro 2500

Status: Available




Item: D 372