Yamato Monogatari, by Yashima Gakutei

An image of Yamato Monogatari. Gakutei, Yashima (Japanese, 1786(?)-1868). Surimono. Colour print from woodblocks, with metallic pigment and blind embossing (karazuri). Shikishi-ban. Signed: Gakutei. Poetry by Yamonoya Sakura, circa 1820. Ukiyo-e. Notes: From the series of ten Spring kyôka surimono entitled Honchô-ren monogatari jûban (Ten designs of old tales for the Honchô circle) commissioned by the Honchô poetry circle probably led by Haginoya Torikane. This impression lacks the series title in the blank cartouche (top right). Each print in the series takes its subject from a different classical Romance which is identified on the print. Yamato Monogatari (Tales of Yamato) was one of the three main collections of stories, along with the earlier Ise Monogatari, and the later Heichu Monogatari. It was written and compiled around the tenth century.

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Yamato Monogatari. Gakutei, Yashima (Japanese, 1786(?)-1868). Surimono. Colour print from woodblocks, with metallic pigment and blind embossing (karazuri). Shikishi-ban. Signed: Gakutei. Poetry by Yamonoya Sakura, circa 1820. Ukiyo-e. Notes: From the series of ten Spring kyôka surimono entitled Honchô-ren monogatari jûban (Ten designs of old tales for the Honchô circle) commissioned by the Honchô poetry circle probably led by Haginoya Torikane. This impression lacks the series title in the blank cartouche (top right). Each print in the series takes its subject from a different classical Romance which is identified on the print. Yamato Monogatari (Tales of Yamato) was one of the three main collections of stories, along with the earlier Ise Monogatari, and the later Heichu Monogatari. It was written and compiled around the tenth century.

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Accession Number: P.279-1937
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/22.0
Focal length: 120
Camera: Hasselblad H4D-31
Photographer name: Sam Cole
Image height: 1025 pixels
Image width: 887 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 927.78kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 22/1
Captured: 2017:07:24 10:53:37

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