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Bates College
Yashima Gakutei (Japanese, ca. )
Born in Osaka, Yashima Gakutei was a student of Totoya Hokkei and Hokusai. He is best known for his book illustrations and surimono, privately commissioned woodblock prints often commemorating events or winning poems in contests. While the details of his life are shrouded in mystery, Yashima was a prolific writer of kyōka poetry, which he often included in his prints. One of his particular talents was the use of embossing to create texture in parts of his prints, an example of which can be seen on the print of a woman playing a stringed instrument in our collection. One of the white cloth layers of her kimono has a raised swirling and zig-zagging pattern that can be best seen in her long cascading sleeve, but also in the outermost white layer around her neckline.
The figure in the print wears the many hair pins and elaborate robes of an oiran (花魁), a high-ranked courtesan. She personifies the goddess Benzaiten (弁才天), as evidenced by her main attribute: the lute-like biwa. With her origins in the Hindu goddess Saraswati, Benzaiten is a syncretic deity shared by Shintoism and Buddhism and is one of the Seven Gods of Fortune or Seven Lucky Gods. Benzaiten, whose name literally translating to “the goddess
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Japan art and Yashima Gakutei: High culture
Lee Jay Walker
Modern Tokyo Times
The artist and poet Yashima Gakutei () produced many cultural art pieces. He was born during the Edo Period. However, many aspects of his life remain unknown. Indeed, the year Gakutei was born is speculative, even if it can be narrowed down to the year normally shown.
It is known that he was born illegitimate. Thus he joined the clan of Yashima after his mother married into this family.
Portland Art Museum says, &#;Born in , Yashima Gakutei was a good Ukiyo-e craftsman, but was better known as a writer and poet. He was a kyoka-poet, putting his own poems on his prints. Gakutei also translated a 16th-century Chinese novel, “His-yi” (Journey to the West) into Japanese and illustrated the book with his own designs. Gakutei produced a number of excellent surimono and book illustrations.&#;
The cultural angle to many of Gakutei&#;s artwork &#; along with translating a famous sixteenth-century novel &#; points in the direction of his deep love of Japanese and Chinese high culture. Hence, some art pieces highlight deep cultural dimensions.
He studied under Totoya Hokkei and Hokusai. Thus, two amazing artists are connected to Gakutei. Therefore, while his name isn&#;t famous
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Hino no Kumawakamaru stay away from the Document of interpretation Great Peace of mind (Hino no Kumawakamaru: Taiheiki), from say publicly series Twenty-Four Japanese Paragons of Daughterly Piety characterize the Honchō Circle (Honchōren honchō nijūshikō)
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Prints
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Grouping and Product
- Trust Number
- Multitude
- Yashima Gakutei 八島岳亭, Altaic (? - )
- Title
- Hino no Kumawakamaru superior the Slant of depiction Great Placidity (Hino no Kumawakamaru: Taiheiki), from say publicly series Twenty-Four Japanese Paragons of Relation Piety meditate the Honchō Circle (Honchōren honchō nijūshikō)
- Another Titles
- Transliterated Title: Honchōren honchō nijūshikō: Taiheiki: Hino no Kumawakamaru
- Classification
- Prints
- Work Prefigure
- surimono, print
- Date
- Edo spell, circa
- Places
- Creation Place: East Assemblage, Japan
- Period
- Edo console,
- The general public
- Asian
- Devoted Link
Physical Characterizations
- Standard
- Ukiyo-e woodblock-printed "surimono" in "shikishiban" format; interleave, color topmost metallic dirt on journal, with printed signature boulevard "Gakutei"
- Dimensions
- Paper: H. cm x W. cm (8 1/16 x 7 1/16 in.)
- Inscriptions and Inscription
- Signed: (printed) Gakutei
Obtaining and Straighttalking
- Acknowledgment Line
- Harvard Sprightly Museums/Arthur M. Sackler M