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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1933.4.1700
People
Yashima Gakutei 八島岳亭, Japanese (1786? - 1868)
Title
Woman Holding a Tortoise-shaped Paperweight/ Paperweight (Bunchin), from the series Seven Designs for the Katsushika Circle (Katsushika shichiban tsuzuki), with poems by Bunritsuen _koto and Bunsaien Fudemaru
Other Titles
Transliterated Title: Katsushika shichiban tsuzuki: Bunchin
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print, surimono
Date
Edo period, circa 1826
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, Japan
Period
Edo period, 1615-1868
Culture
Japanese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/207787

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Ukiyo-e woodblock-printed "surimono" in "shikishiban" format; Ink, color and metallic pigment on paper, with printed signature reading "Gakutei"
Dimensions
Paper: H. 21.3 cm x W. 18.9 cm (8 3/8 x 7 7/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: (printed) Gakutei

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
1933.4.1700
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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