Courtesan as Ōkyō (Wang Qiao), from the series Courtesans Viewed as the Immortals of Ressenden, One of Seven (Keisei mitate Ressenden, shichiban no uchi)

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1933.4.1618
People: Yashima Gakutei 八島岳亭, Japanese (1786? - 1868)
Title: Courtesan as Ōkyō (Wang Qiao), from the series Courtesans Viewed as the Immortals of Ressenden, One of Seven (Keisei mitate Ressenden, shichiban no uchi)
Classification: Prints
Work Type: surimono, print
Date: Edo period, circa 1824
Places: Creation Place: East Asia, Japan
Period: Edo period, 1615-1868
Culture: Japanese
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/179066

Physical Descriptions

Medium

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

Dimensions

Shikishiban format: H. 20.8 cm x W. 18.5 cm (8 3/16 x 7 5/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

Signed: Tōto 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: 1933.4.1618
Division: Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact: am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Publication History

Edythe Polster and Alfred H. Marks, Surimono: Prints by Elbow, Lovejoy Press (Washington D.C., 1980), p. 93

Exhibition History

32Q: 2600 East Asian, Japanese, Chinese and Korean, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 09/08/2016 - 12/01/2016

Verification Level

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