Go Gawa poetry club

[4][5] A kabuki actor, Rokujuen was also a scholar of Japanese classics, and translator of Chinese fables.

[6][7] Though earlier involved in Edo's artistic community, he had been banished from the town after a confrontation with authorities regarding his management of an inn.

The group continued to produce poetry and poetic anthems throughout the Bunsei and into the Tenpō eras.

[4] Hokusai pupil Sunayama Hôtei Gosei designed surimono for Go Gawa, which he adapted for the first syllable of his name.

[8][9] Totoya Hokkei,[3][7] Yashima Gakutei,[6] and famed Ukiyo-e artist Kunisada[10] also designed surimono for the group.

Courtesans Strolling Beneath Cherry Trees Before the Daikokuya Teahouse , probably 1789. Oban tate-e triptych, woodblock print, color on paper. Three courtesans and their kamuro (child attendants) and shinzo (apprentices) at the Daikokuya Teahouse. In the right-hand sheet, a tanzaku sheet hangs from the branches of the cherry tree with a poem by Yadoya Meshimori (1753-1830), later known as Rokujuen. Brooklyn Museum
Surimono woodblock print by Utagawa Toyokuni I (1769-1825), depicting kabuki actor Ichikawa Danjuro in his portrayal of warrior Taira no Kagekiyo . Commissioned by the Go Gawa Club, c. 1820; now at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston .