Six Superior Men of Reiraka

The image depicts a traditional Japanese woodblock print titled "Six Superior Men of Reiraka" by Yashima Gakutei. The print features six men dressed in traditional Japanese clothing, including kimonos and head wraps. They are seated on the ground in a semi-circle on a patterned beige background with green foliage behind and around them. One man sits cross-legged in the foreground, wearing a dark purple kimono, and holds a black fan with a red border. The man to his left wears a blue kimono with a white pattern and crouches down. Behind them, four men sit or stand, all wearing kimonos; two in blue, one in white with a yellow outer robe, and one in blue with a red and white sash. The man standing on the right wears a black hat. The background includes green foliage and Japanese text written vertically in black and a red seal in the upper right corner.

Artwork details

Date:: 19th century
Medium:: Woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper
Culture:: Japan
Dimensions:: 560 × 624 px
Museum record:: View original

Palette

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The Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove (Chikurin shichiken), from the series "A Set of Ten Famous Numbers for the Katsushika Circle (Katsushikaren meisu juban)"

Amusements of Kabuki Actors of the “Third Floor” [Dressing Room] (Yakusha sangaikyō), by Shikitei Sanba 俳優三階興

Women Viewing Cherry Blossoms

Two Women in Summer Costume Taking a Young Girl to a Shinto Temple for the Miya Mairi Ceremony

The Ceremonial Sake (Konrei sakazuki), the fourth sheet of the series "Marriage in Brocade Prints, the Carriage of the Virtuous Woman (Konrei nishiki misao-guruma)"

Yoshiwara Courtesans: A New Mirror Comparing the Calligraphy of Beauties (Yoshiwara keisei: Shin bijin awase jihitsu kagami)吉原傾城」新美人合自筆鏡

The Six Immortals of Poetry, Abbreviated

"Yo": A Man Meets a Former Lover, now Serving in a Provincial Household, from the series "Tales of Ise in Fashionable Brocade Pictures (Furyu nishiki-e Ise monogatari)"