Tikotin Museum of Japanese Art
Hamamatsu Chunagon
Serial: P-U 502
Artist name: Yashima Gakutei (active ca. 1815-1852)
Category: Ukiyo-e Woodblock Prints
Signature: Gakutei
Woodblock colour print, surimono
20.7 x 18.2 cm
From a series of ten surimono prints created for the amateur poets' club Honcho-ran as a New Year gift.
Hamamatsu Chunagon, who fell in love with the Chinese emperor's concubine, is the hero of the 11th century novel "Mitsu no Hamamatsu".