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Gakutei YASHIMA  -  1786-1868      Poet, Writer and Printmaker

Gakutei Yashima

Gakutei Yashima 1786-1868

Gakutei was appreciated as a good Ukiyo-e craftsman in his time. But he was better known as a poet and writer. Gakutei was a kyoka poet, putting his own poems on his prints. He also translated a 16th century Chinese novel, "Hsi-yi" (Journey to the West) in Japanese and enriched it with illustrations of his own design. And Gakutei produced many excellent surimono and book illustrations.
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Literature sources used for artist biographies:

• Merritt, Helen and Yamada, Nanako, "Modern Japanese Woodblock Prints 1900-1975", University of Hawaii Press, 1995, ISBN 0-8248-1732-X
• Lane, Richard, "Images from the Floating World: The Japanese Print", Fribourg, 1978, ISBN 0-914427-54-7
• Laurance, P.Roberts, "A Dictionary of Japanese Artists", John Weatherhill Inc., New York, 1976
• Frances Blakemore "Who is Who in Modern Japanese Prints", John Weatherhill, New York and Tokyo, 1975. ISBN 0-8348-0101-9
• Annual CWAJ catalogs