Yashima Gakutei (Japanese, 1786?–1868)
No. 4, Dong Ping (Tôhei), from the series Five Tiger Generals of the Suikoden (Suikoden goko shôgun)
「水滸伝五虎将軍　其四　董平」
Woodblock print (surimono)
Edo period, about 1828 (Bunsei 11)
Sheet size Shikishiban; 21 x 18.8 cm
Mounted on the mat
 
Catalogue RaisonnéOhki w/ Haliburton, Private World of Surimono (2020), #5; Chiba Museum, Edo no surimono (1997), #271 (second state); Egoyomi et Surimono (Werner Schindler Bienne Collection) (1983), #79; Polster & Marks, Surimono (1980), p. 83
 
Surimono (摺物) are a genre of Japanese woodblock print. They were privately commissioned for special occasions such as the New Year. Surimono literally means "printed thing". Being produced in small numbers for a mostly educated audience of literati, surimono were often more experimental in subject matter and treatment, and extravagant in printing technique, than commercial prints. They were most popular from the 1790s to the 1830s, and many leading artists produced them
 
Surimono were privately published works, used for gifts or sometimes for making announcements, and were almost never sold to the general public.