The Nine Old Men of Mount Xiang (Kozan kyuro), from the series "A Set of Ten Famous Numbers for the Katsushika Circle (Katsushikaren meisu juban)"
Yashima Gakutei
c. 1828
Medium
Color woodblock print; shikishiban, surimono
Dimensions
21.3 × 19.1 cm (8 3/8 × 7 1/2 in.)
Classification
woodblock print
Department
Arts of Asia
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
86933
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 ...