Woodblock Surimono print by Gakutei (c.1786-1868)
"The Seven Sages of the bamboo grove" (Chikurin Shichiken)
Seven men standing around some bamboo stalks, one playing a flute; another a Biwa and one is reading a scroll.
Two poems above by Bunteisha Shizumaru and Bunmeisha Nukimaru.
Signature: Gakutei
Size: Shikishi-ban, 18.9 cm X 21.1 cm
Printed date: c.1820's
Gold-speckled and light yellow ground
Condition: Good impression, slightly faded colours, paper somewhat lightly browned, a little soiled and glued stains at the top corners on verso.
Note: Illustrated in the book "Catalogue of the collection of Japanese prints Part 111 Hokusai and his school, page 122 #231, Rijksprentenkabinet/Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, 1982.