Advanced Search 
「久かた屋五ばんつゞき」 桜下美人雅楽 琵琶
Women's Gagaku Concert under Cherry Blossoms: Biwa, from the series Pentaptych for the Hisakataya Poetry Club (Hisakataya gobantsuzuki)
「久かた屋五ばんつゞき」 桜下美人雅楽 琵琶
Yashima Gakutei (Japanese, 1786?–1868)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1827 (Bunsei 10)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Shikishiban; 22 x 18.8 cm (8 11/16 x 7 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
Source unidentified
Accession Number2009.4994.5
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Rijksmuseum, The Ear Catches the Eye (2001), #2; Keyes, Art of Surimono (Chester Beatty cat., 1985), vol. 1, #90; Rijksmuseum cat. III, Hokusai and His School (1982), #240b; Polster & Marks, Surimono (1980), p. 53 (complete)
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.19867, 2009.4994.5
The complete pentaptych (order uncertain): 11.19864-8 (complete); 2009.4994.2-5 (four sheets only)
Poems translated in Keyes 1985, vol. 1, p. 118; and in Polster & Marks 1980, pp. 49-49A.
From a partially disassembled album, 2009.4994.1-.10
The complete pentaptych (order uncertain): 11.19864-8 (complete); 2009.4994.2-5 (four sheets only)
Poems translated in Keyes 1985, vol. 1, p. 118; and in Polster & Marks 1980, pp. 49-49A.
From a partially disassembled album, 2009.4994.1-.10
Signed
Gakutei hitsu
岳亭筆
岳亭筆
InscriptionsPoem by Gachoan Michitane: Hana no moto/ no kangen ni tsurete/ tanzaku mo/ harukaze ni mau/ miyoshino no yama
Poem by Hisakataya: Môsen ni/ hana ni san rin/ harukaze no/ harau to otosu/ biwa no ikkyoku
花のもとの管弦につれて短さくも はる風にまふによしのゝ山
もせんに花に三りん春風の はらうとおとす琵琶の一曲
Poem by Hisakataya: Môsen ni/ hana ni san rin/ harukaze no/ harau to otosu/ biwa no ikkyoku
花のもとの管弦につれて短さくも はる風にまふによしのゝ山
もせんに花に三りん春風の はらうとおとす琵琶の一曲