Yashima Gakutei (八島岳亭)

Yashima Gakutei (八島岳亭) was a printmaker active within the long eighteenth century, documented specifically between 1700 and 1800. Their body of known work consists of fifteen prints held in major institutional collections, establishing the artist’s importance in the history of graphic art from this period.

The artist created prints covering a variety of genres, including festival documentation, figural studies, and natural subjects. Noteworthy examples of their diverse output include the expansive scene The Tenmangu Festival at Osaka, the detailed genre study Two Men Wearing Brown Coats, also Straw Hats with Brown Bows, and the mythological composition Benzaiten ni Ryu. Further demonstrating Gakutei’s range are the works Carp and Pine and the scholarly depiction Fan-shaped Design Depicting Chinese Poet or Philosopher.

Yashima Gakutei (八島岳亭)'s contribution to printmaking is represented in the permanent holdings of institutions such as the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The careful preservation of these artworks ensures detailed images are available for historical research. As a result of this documentation, many Yashima Gakutei (八島岳亭) prints are now often in the public domain, available as high-quality prints or downloadable artwork through major institutional databases.