Live Auction 13279Asian 20th Century Art (Day Sale) Including a Selection of Japanese Woodblock Prints from Private Collections
YASHIMA GAKUTEI (1786?-1868)
Lot 501 PROPERTY OF AN ENGLISH COLLECTOR

YASHIMA GAKUTEI (1786?-1868)

Number one: Two dancers

Closed25 November 2018

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HKD 20,000

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YASHIMA GAKUTEI (1786?-1868)
Number one: Two dancers
From the series The Dance at Furuichi for the Hisakataya Group (Hisakataya furuichi odori)
Woodblock print, signed Gakutei Sadaoka hitsu
Privately published, circa 1822
Embellished with metallic pigments and embossing
Shikishiban surimono: (8 1/8 x 7 ¼ in.) (20.7 x 18.5 cm.)

Specialist note

In this print, from a set of five, two geisha are depicted dancing on a stage at Gissharo, a large establishment in the town of Furuichi located between the shrines of Yamada and Uji. Pilgrimages to the Great Shrines at Ise became extremely popular during the 1820s, with travellers often staying overnight at the inns and brothels in the area. The carriage wheels decorating the lanterns and the side of the stage are the emblem of the house, whose name Gissharo means 'Ox-drawn Carriage'.

For the same print in the collection of The Metropolitan Museum, accession number JP1964, go to: https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/60025688