GAKUTEI (1786? - 1868). A bijin as Hotei. (Sold)
Artist:
Yashima Gakutei (1786? - 1868)
Subject:
A bijin with a doll of a Chinese boy. The subject is associated to Hotei, one of the Seven Gods of Good Fortune, often depicted with a large sack and Chinese childrens around.
Title:
Hotei
Series:
Mitate Shichifukujin (Parallels to the Seven Gods of Good Fortune).
Signature:
Gakutei
Date:
ca. 1825
Publisher:
Privately published for the circle of poets ShippÅ.
Size:
Surimono shikishiban, 21x18,9 cm.
Medium:
Woodblock color print with extensive use of metallic pigments and blind printing.
Literature:
Another impression is illustrated and described in detail in John Carpenter (editor), Reading Surimono the interplay of Text and Image in Japanese Prints. Leiden 2008, pag.178, 51.
Remarks:
A rare original surimono often found as a copy from the Meiji period. Among other details the original differs from the copy for the stamped signature instead of printed.
Conditions:
Very good impression, colour and conditions.
Item no:
E 154
Status:
Sold