6. HOKKEI (1780-1850). Evening rain. (Sold)

TOTOYA HOKKEI  (1780-1850)

A woman and child taking an evening stroll near a stream in the rain.
On the umbrella is written yoruso (ten thousand) and on the lantern
uma (horse).

Woodblock color print with metallic pigments details
Kokonotsugiriban surimono, 13,9x18,9 cm
Signed: Hokkei ga
Poems by Shinkatei Hamabe Hosohiko from Kamakura in Sagami
and Shinratei Manzō
From an untitled series of prints relating to the horse.
Here the print’s title is: ‘Seen from afar in the night, among umbrellas’
(Yome tōme, kasa no uchi).
Privately published by the Manji-ren, a circle of poets affiliated to the
Yomo-gawa group
1810, year of the horse

Another impression is in the Van Reed Surimono Album in the Stanford
Museum.

Illustrated in our catalogue Surimono. Hokusai-Shinsai-Hokkei-Gakutei, 
September 2024, no. 6.

Very good impression and color, small repair


Status: Sold

 

Item: D 496