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Courtesan by Yashima Gakutei — VisualArtsDB

Courtesan

Courtesan

Yashima Gakutei

1800–1868

Medium: Woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper
Dimensions: 8 3/16 x 7 3/8 in. (20.8 x 18.7 cm)
Genre: Prints
Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

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Five Great Soldiers of Shoku

Five Great Soldiers of Shoku

Yashima Gakutei, 1800

No. 3: Zhang Fei (Sono san: Chohi), from the series "Three Heroes of Shu (Shoku sanketsu)"

No. 3: Zhang Fei (Sono san: Chohi), from the series "Three Heroes of Shu (Shoku sanketsu)"

Yashima Gakutei, 1819

Jurojin, from the series "A Parody of the Seven Gods of Good Fortune (Mitate shichifukujin)"

Jurojin, from the series "A Parody of the Seven Gods of Good Fortune (Mitate shichifukujin)"

Yashima Gakutei, 1823

Lady Komachi

Lady Komachi

Yashima Gakutei, 1800

Ships Entering Tenpozan Harbor (Tenpozan mansen nyushin no zu), from the series "Famous Places in Osaka: Fine Views of Mount Tenpo (Naniwa meisho Tenpozan shokei ichiran)"

Ships Entering Tenpozan Harbor (Tenpozan mansen nyushin no zu), from the series "Famous Places in Osaka: Fine Views of Mount Tenpo (Naniwa meisho Tenpozan shokei ichiran)"

Yashima Gakutei, 1829

Honma no Suketada from the Chronicles of Grand Peace (Honma no Suketada, Taiheiki), from the series "Twenty-four Japanese Paragons of Filial Piety for the Honcho Circle (Honchoren Honcho nijushiko)"

Honma no Suketada from the Chronicles of Grand Peace (Honma no Suketada, Taiheiki), from the series "Twenty-four Japanese Paragons of Filial Piety for the Honcho Circle (Honchoren Honcho nijushiko)"

Yashima Gakutei, 1816

Courtesan and Kamuro Strolling at the Entrance Gate of the Yoshiwara Pleasure Quarters

Courtesan and Kamuro Strolling at the Entrance Gate of the Yoshiwara Pleasure Quarters

Yashima Gakutei, 1820

The Filial Son of Kamakura from the Collection of Stone and Sand (Kamakura koshi, Shasekishu), from the series "Twenty-four Japanese Paragons of Filial Piety for the Honcho Circle (Honchoren Honcho nijushiko)"

The Filial Son of Kamakura from the Collection of Stone and Sand (Kamakura koshi, Shasekishu), from the series "Twenty-four Japanese Paragons of Filial Piety for the Honcho Circle (Honchoren Honcho nijushiko)"

Yashima Gakutei, 1816

Kakinomoto no Hitomaro (ca. 662–710), One of the Three Gods of Poetry
From the Spring Rain Collection (Harusame shū), vol. 1

Kakinomoto no Hitomaro (ca. 662–710), One of the Three Gods of Poetry From the Spring Rain Collection (Harusame shū), vol. 1

Yashima Gakutei, 1820

Lady Hotoke Dancing

Lady Hotoke Dancing

Yashima Gakutei, 1800

Yamabe no Akahito (active 724–736), One of the Three Gods of Poetry
From the Spring Rain Collection (Harusame shū), vol. 1

Yamabe no Akahito (active 724–736), One of the Three Gods of Poetry From the Spring Rain Collection (Harusame shū), vol. 1

Yashima Gakutei, 1820

Courtesan

Courtesan

Yashima Gakutei, 1800