1933.4.1653: Kusunoki Tatewaki Masatsura from the Record of the Great Peace (Kusunoki Masatsura: Taiheiki), from the series Twenty-Four Japanese Paragons of Filial Piety for the Honchō Circle (Honchōren honchō nijūshikō), with poem by Takenoya Torazumi

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1933.4.1653

People

Yashima Gakutei 八島岳亭, Japanese (1786? - 1868)

Title

Kusunoki Tatewaki Masatsura from the Record of the Great Peace (Kusunoki Masatsura: Taiheiki), from the series Twenty-Four Japanese Paragons of Filial Piety for the Honchō Circle (Honchōren honchō nijūshikō), with poem by Takenoya Torazumi

Other Titles

Transliterated Title: Honchōren honchō nijūshikō: Taiheiki: Kusunoki Masatsura

Classification

Prints

Work Type

print, surimono

Date

Edo period, circa 1821-1822

Places

Creation Place: East Asia, Japan

Period

Edo period, 1615-1868

Culture

Japanese

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/207915

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Ukiyo-e woodblock-printed "surimono" in "shikishiban" format; ink, color and metallic pigment on paper, with printed signature reading "Gakutei"

Dimensions

Paper: H. 20.5 cm x W. 17.9 cm (8 1/16 x 7 1/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• Signed: (printed) Gakutei

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of the Friends of Arthur B. Duel

Accession Year

1933

Object Number

1933.4.1653

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Contact

am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Publication History

• Edythe Polster and Alfred H. Marks, Surimono: Prints by Elbow, Lovejoy Press (Washington D.C., 1980), p. 85

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