Online Auction 18945From Artist to Woodblock: Japanese Prints
YASHIMA GAKUTEI (1786-1868)
Lot 77

YASHIMA GAKUTEI (1786-1868)

A Chinese princess examining a spider's web inside a box

Closed18 June 2020

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YASHIMA GAKUTEI (1786-1868)
A Chinese princess examining a spider's web inside a box
Woodblock print, embellished with metallic pigment and embossing
Signed Gakutei Sadaoka hitsu
First state, privately issued for the Drum Group, circa 1820s
Surimono, shikishiban: 21.6 x 19.4 cm. (8 ½ x 7 5/8 in.)

Specialist note

For another impression in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art (The MET), accession no. JP2089, go to:
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/54932

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