Een parodie op de zeven Goden van geluk
Yashima Gakutei
ca. 1828
Medium
nishikie, with metallic pigments
Dimensions
207; 186
About this artwork
Legaat van J.A. Bierens de Haan, Amsterdam
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 ...