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「葛飾連 名数十番 香山九老」
The Nine Old Men of Mount Xiang (Kôzan kyûrô), from the series A Set of Ten Famous Numerals for the Katsushika Circle (Katsushikaren meisû jûban)
「葛飾連 名数十番 香山九老」
Yashima Gakutei (Japanese, 1786?–1868)
Japanese
Edo period
mid 1820s
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Shikishiban; 20.4 x 17.8 cm (8 1/16 x 7 in.)
Credit Line
William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.9295
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Rijksmuseum, Surimono: Poetry and Image (2000), #101; Rijksmuseum cat. III, Hokusai and His School (1982), #232; Polster & Marks, Surimono (1980), p. 85
DescriptionPoems translated in Rijksmuseum 2000, p. 168.
Signed
Gakutei
岳亭
岳亭
Marks
Artist's seal: Sadaoka
InscriptionsPoem by Shôfûken Shirabe (Shôfûken Mitsugi?): Ise ebi ya/ shiraga kobu aru/ Hôrai ni/ oi o yuzurite/ weakaki haru ka na
Poem by Shôsô Chieda: Kuroabura/ tsukete wakayagu/ haru no hi ni/ pi ga kashira no/ yuki mo kiekeri
Poem by Shôsô Chieda: Kuroabura/ tsukete wakayagu/ haru no hi ni/ pi ga kashira no/ yuki mo kiekeri
ProvenanceNovember 1913, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from S. Mori; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.