詩人と富士山『春雨集』 摺物帖|A Poet and Mount FujiFrom the Spring Rain Collection (Harusame shū), vol. 3
ca. 1820s
Medium
Part of an album of woodblock prints (surimono); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
4 7/8 x 11 1/8 in. (12.4 x 28.3 cm)
Classification
Prints
Culture
Japan
Department
Asian Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
H. O. Havemeyer Collection, Bequest of Mrs. H. O. Havemeyer, 1929
Accession Number
JP2353
Tags
About the Artist
Yashima Gakutei · 1786–1868
Yashima Gakutei (c. 1786–1868), born in Osaka as the illegitimate son of a Tokugawa shogunate samurai named Hirata, adopted the name from his mother's subsequent marriage into the Yashima clan. Little is documented about his early years beyond these familial ties, but he pursued artistic training under the esteemed ukiyo-e masters Totoya Hokkei and Katsushika Hokusai, absorbing their precision in ...