Ukiyo-e Educational Catalog · Record 95585

Geisha and Peacock

Artist / 作者
Yashima Gakutei屋島岳亭
Date / 年代
1868-1912
Medium / 技法
浮世絵 / Ukiyo-e / Meiji / vam
Digital record / 画像記録
2000 × 1636 px
Source collection / 所蔵元
Victoria and Albert Museum
Published by / 公開者
青木ソラ
Rights / 権利
Commercial license required
Attribution / 表記
Victoria and Albert Museum, London

Catalog note / 解説

The woman in the roundel is a geisha who was the poet, Naonari's friend, since the emblem shaped like a sailing boat, both on her fan and on the poem slip to the right, is a fanciful form of the character nao, the first half of the poet's name. The poem describes a peacock. 'Tori mo kite asobu hikage no nagaki o ni kogane iro masu tama no hatsuharu' The bird comes to play and the jewelled early Spring makes the long tails of the sunbeams more golden.

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