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Totoya Hokkei (1780-1850)
The mountain witch Yamauba, dressed in rags and leafs, sitting on a rock, with the giant axe of her enormously strong son Kintarô.
Untitled Surimono
Signature: Hokkei ga
Date: Originally c. 1825, here a Meiji-period version, c. 1890s
Size: Shikishiban, 21,6 x 18,5 cm
Good impression, very good colours and condition. For this Meiji period version see Minneapolis Institute of Arts, P.75.51.26 and Roger Keyes, The Art of Surimono, London 1985, Vol. II, p. 515, No. 61 (C-Copy)
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