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The Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove (Chikurin Shichiken), from the series A Set of Ten Famous Numerals for the Katsushika Circle (Katsushikaren meisû jûban)


「葛飾連 名数十番 竹林七賢」
Yashima Gakutei (Japanese, 1786?–1868)
Japanese
Edo period
mid 1820s

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Shikishiban; 20 x 18.9 cm (7 7/8 x 7 7/16 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.9296
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Rijksmuseum, Surimono: Poetry and Image (2000), #100; Rijksmuseum cat. III, Hokusai and His School (1982), #231
Signed Gakutei
岳亭
Marks Artist's seal: Sadaoka
InscriptionsPoems by Bunteisha Shizumaru and Bunmeisha Nukimaru
ProvenanceNovember 1913, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from Mori; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.