Tag Archives: Yashima Gakutei

Two Men Wearing Yellow Coats and Straw Hats with Red Bows

December 28, 2013Japanese paintings - Edo Period, Polychrome woodblock print, Yashima GakuteiEdo period, Japan, Japanese prints, Watercolors, Woodblock print, Yashima Gakuteiadmin

Two Men Wearing Yellow Coats and Straw Hats with Red Bows by Yashima Gakutei (Japanese, 1786?–1868)

Link:

http://www.metmuseum.org/Collections/search-the-collections/54382?rpp=20&pg=4&rndkey=20131228&ao=on&ft=*&what=Relief+prints&who=Yashima+Gakutei&pos=77

Wine Pot, Wine Cup and Folded Fan

December 1, 2013Polychrome woodblock print, Surimono, Yashima GakuteiEdo period, Japan, Surimono, Watercolors, Woodblock print, Yashima Gakuteiadmin

Wine Pot, Wine Cup and Folded Fan by Yashima Gakutei (Japanese, 1786?–1868).

Yashima Gakutei was a good Ukiyo-e craftsman, but was better known as a writer and poet. He was a kyoka-poet, putting his own poems in his prints.

Link:

http://www.metmuseum.org/Collections/search-the-collections/54032