1933.4.1674: Inkstone, Murasaki Shikibu (Suzuri, Murasaki Shikibu), from the series Four Companions of the Writing Studio for the Ichiyō Circle (Ichiyōren bunbō shiyū)

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1933.4.1674

People

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

Title

Inkstone, Murasaki Shikibu (Suzuri, Murasaki Shikibu), from the series Four Companions of the Writing Studio for the Ichiyō Circle (Ichiyōren bunbō shiyū)

Classification

Prints

Work Type

print, surimono

Date

c. 1827

Places

Creation Place: East Asia, Japan

Period

Edo period, 1615-1868

Culture

Japanese

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/207918

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Woodblock print (surimono); ink, color, and metallic pigments on paper

Dimensions

Shikishiban: H. 21.3 cm x W. 18.4 cm (8 3/8 x 7 1/4 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• Signed: 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

1933.4.1674

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Contact

am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Publication History

• Theodore Robert Bowie and James T. Kenney, Art of the Surimono, exh. cat., Indiana University Art Museum (Bloomington, IN, 1979), Cat. No. 043 / p. 83

Exhibition History

• 32Q: 3620 University Study Gallery, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 08/31/2019 - 01/08/2020

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