Fine Japanese Prints
Fine Japanese Prints
A Collection of Surimono
Totoya Hokkei (1780-1850) | The Lesser Water Dragon of the Tenpo Period (Tenpo mizunoe tatsu) | Edo period, 19th century
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A Collection of Surimono
Totoya Hokkei (1780-1850)
The Lesser Water Dragon of the Tenpo Period (Tenpo mizunoe tatsu)
Edo period, 19th century
woodblock print, surimono, embellished with metallic pigments and embossing, signed Oju Hokkei ga [by request, pictured by Hokkei], privately issued in 1832, depicting a Chinese immortal leaning on a desk with a dragon-headed lute, a rock edifice appearing from the incense smoke, poems by Shio Hibimasu and Tatsuya
Surimono, shikishiban: 20.6 x 17.8 cm., 8⅛ x 7 in.
For another impression of the same surimono in the collection of the Art Institute of Chicago, reference number 1954.825, go to:
https://www.artic.edu/artworks/81607/the-lesser-water-dragon-year-of-the-tenpo-era