1933.4.1685: Courtesan Koromode with Attendants during a Lull in the Snow (Yukima no Wakanaya uchi Koromode), second from the series Views of the Nakanochō for the Hisakata Poetry Club (Hisakataya Nakanochō no ni), with poems by Suihōtei Komatsu and Hisakataya

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1933.4.1685

People

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

Title

Courtesan Koromode with Attendants during a Lull in the Snow (Yukima no Wakanaya uchi Koromode), second from the series Views of the Nakanochō for the Hisakata Poetry Club (Hisakataya Nakanochō no ni), with poems by Suihōtei Komatsu and Hisakataya

Other Titles

Transliterated Title: Hisakataya Nakanochō no ni -- Yukima no Wakanaya uchi Koromode

Classification

Prints

Work Type

print, surimono

Date

Edo period, circa 1825

Places

Creation Place: East Asia, Japan

Period

Edo period, 1615-1868

Culture

Japanese

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/207963

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Ukiyo-e woodblock-printed "surimono" in "shikishiban" format; Ink, color and metallic pigment on paper

Dimensions

Paper: H. 20.9 cm x W. 18.6 cm (8 1/4 x 7 5/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• Signed: (printed) Gakutei Sadaoka

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

1933.4.1685

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Contact

am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu

Permissions

The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request.

Publication History

• Katherine Lockett, "Technical Study of the Colours Found in Six Ukiyo-E Surimono Woodblock Prints Produced by the Artist Yashima Gakutei between 1820 and 1830" (thesis (certificate in conservation), Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies, 1999), Unpublished, pp. 1-51 passim

Verification Level