| Stockno.: | 22-059 | Artist: | Yashima Gakutei 八島岳亭(c. 1786-c. 1868) | Description: | Shikishiban surimono.
The Tale of Ono no Takamura from An Official Account of the Montoku Era (Ono no Takamura, Montoku jitsuroku 小野篁 文徳実録), from the series Twenty-four Japanese Paragons of Filial Piety for the Honchō Circle (Honchōren, Honchō nijūshi kō 本町連 本朝二十四孝).
Published about 1821–22.
Two poems are translated in Carpenter et al 2008, p. 159.:
Poem by Hamanoya Masago: Hitotose no/ oya naru haru zo/ taisetsu to/ ue-oku ume no/ ka sae Takamura
Poem by Sodenoya Furiyoshi: Morokoshi no/ kata o mo haru wa/ arasoite/ ogamu ya hatsu no/ mikazuki no fune
| Signed: | Gakutei plus artist’s seal Sadaoka | Size: | Shikishiban 18.5 x 21 cm | Condition: | Very good impression, colour and condition | Price: | Euro 2250 SOLD | Reference: | Carpenter et al, Reading Surimono (2008), #33; Mirviss, The Frank Lloyd Wright Collection of Surimono (1995), cat. no. 4; Rijksmuseum cat. III, Hokusai and His School (1982), #204 | | | |
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