Japanese Woodblock Prints

Totoya Hokkei (1780-1850) | Three surimono | Edo period, 19th century

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Totoya Hokkei (1780-1850)

Three surimono

Edo period, 19^th century

each a woodblock print, surimono, embellished with metallic pigments and embossing, signed Hokkei, and comprising:

- Takeuchi Omi, from the series A Gathering of the Elders of Poetry (Shoshikai bantsuzuki), privately issued for the Hanazono Poetry Circle, circa 1820

- The Feather Mantle (Hagoromo), from the series Crane, Tortoise, Pine, and Bamboo (Tsurukame shochiku no uchi), privately issued, circa 1822

- Ono no Tofu, from the series A Gathering of the Elders of Poetry (Shoshikai bantsuzuki), privately issued for the Hanazono Poetry Circle, circa 1820, poems by Shunkotei Misako and Eminoya Tomohiro

Each surimono, shikishiban:

21 x 18.1 cm., 8¼ x 7⅛ in. (the first)

21.1 x 18.8 cm., 8⅜ x 7½ in. (the second)

21 x 18.4 cm., 8¼ x 7¼ in. (the third)

For another impression of the first print in the collection of the Minneapolis Institute of Art, accession number P.75.51.25, go to:

https://collections.artsmia.org/art/81567/takeuchi-no-sukune-totoya-hokkei

For another impression of the second print in the collection of the Harvard Art Museums, object number 1933.4.1878, go to:

https://harvardartmuseums.org/art/207700

For another impression of the third print in the collection of the Art Institute of Chicago, reference number 1925.2942, go to:

https://www.artic.edu/artworks/23589/ono-no-tofu-from-the-series-a-gathering-of-the-elders-of-poetry-shoshikai-bantsuzuki