Gassan Sadakazu signature

[wakiboy]

Hi

This one is giving me a headache, I know it’s Gassan Sadakazu but it is the right hand column I can’t work out…. I’ve compared with Oshigata books but can’t find this one.

many thanks 

Ian

 

[SteveM]

帝室技藝員　ていしつぎげいいん

 

Imperial artist, official court artist

[wakiboy]

Thank you Steve 

I have tried to find this inscription but no luck, did he use this very often?

Ian

[Jacques]

Papered ?

[SteveM]

He was appointed "official court artist" in 1906, when he was 70 years old. He used that on signatures until he died some 11-12 years later. 

There are a lot of examples on the internet. If you look for "teishitsu gigeiin" you will find some other examples. 

[wakiboy]

Jacques

no it’s not papered….

Steve

I’ve added the date.

 

 

[Jacques]

Obviously gimei

[wakiboy]

Thank you Jacques, that answers the question 👍