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Totoya Hokkei (1780-1850)
A young lady of the Genroku era (1688-1704), sitting next to a box with playing cards with poems. A design after a painting by Moronobu, with a poem by Ganjôtei Shirataka.
Untitled Surimono
Signature: Hokkei mo
Seal: Fusenkyo
Date: Originally c. 1828, here a Meiji-period version c. 1890s
Size: Shikishiban, 21,8 x 18 cm
Very good impression and colour. Paper minimally age toned, else very nice condition. This version untitled and without the plum blossoms surrounding the image. A transcript and translation of the poem can be found in: Roger Keyes, The Art of Surimono, London 1985, Vol I, p. 168, No. 136. For this version see ibid., Vol II, p. 515, No. 63 (C-Copy)
€ 250,-