A Woman Holding a Letter Box, from the series "A Set of Seven for the Katsushika Club"
Yashima Gakutei
c. 1825
Medium
Color woodblock print with metallic pigments, surimono shikishiban
Dimensions
21.1 × 18.3 cm (8 5/16 × 7 1/4 in.)
Classification
woodblock print
Department
Arts of Asia
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
80959
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 ...