A large dragon on a pine tree is listening to the music. A beautiful Meiji A- copy surimono. Surimono are privately issued Japanese prints for special occasions. Since these were commissioned by a wealthy person or by a poet, they often included luxury details, such a metallic inks and elaborate embossing. Surimono typically were 8 […]
Originally published by Shippo Poetry Club. This print published in early Meiji period. Artist was born in Edo as Harunobu Sugavara around 1786. He was illegitimate son of the samurai who served under the Tokugawa shogunate. Gakutei’s mother later married to the man from Yashima klan what explaining the artist’s name. For some time he […]
Originally published by Shippo Poetry Club. This print published in early Meiji period. Artist was born in Edo as Harunobu Sugavara around 1786. He was illegitimate son of the samurai who served under the Tokugawa shogunate. Gakutei’s mother later married to the man from Yashima klan what explaining the artist’s name. For some time he […]