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GAKUTEI, Yashima
(1786? - 1868) 		Five prints for the Katsushika circle - the dawn of spring"
- Cherry blossom -

Signed:                        Gakutei
Poems by:                   Bunshôsha Ashichika & Bunbunsha
Date:                            1830s
Size:                            21.2 x 18.6 cms  (shikishiban surimono)


Surimono from a series of five prints showing women in various occupations against a background composed of flowers, butterflies or birds. The title of the print and the poems are in a fanshaped cartouche, Gakutei's signature in an oblong one. The series was designed for the Katsushika-ren ('Katsushika poetry circle') in the 1830s.
A woman kneeling behind a brazier with a black kettle in it. She is holding a pair of fire tongs in her right hand, a cup in her left. A shamisen is lying on the floor behind her.

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