33. HOKKEI (1780-1850). Drawing water. (Sold)
TOTOYA HOKKEI (1780-1850)
A beautiful peasant woman with long hair draws water from the sea
at the beach. A boy behind her points at the rising sun.
The symbol of the Akabane-ren poetry club, a bridge within a fan,
is in top left corner of this print as well in a group of surimono by
Hokkei of different subject. According to Matthi Forrer it is difficult
to establish if they are an untitled series of surimono or constitute
individual prints published for different years.
Woodblock colour print with metallic pigments details
Shikishiban surimono, 21x18,7 cm
Signed: Hokkei
Poems by Seisendō Makuranagare and Hinanoya Haruko
Privately published by the Akabane-ren circle of poets
c. 1827
Another impression is in the Rijksmuseum no. RP-P-1958-365,
illustrated in Forrer. Surimono in the Rijksmuseum, no. 338.
Another example is in the New York Public Library no. 114093.2.
Hokkei designed a very similar surimono, probably a few years earlier,
omitting the sun and the boy, see the National Museum, Oslo,
no. NG.K&H.A.17716.
Illustrated in our catalogue Surimono. Hokusai-Shinsai-Hokkei-Gakutei,
September 2024, no. 33.
Fine impression, colour and condition
Status: Sold
Item: D 391
A beautiful peasant woman with long hair draws water from the sea
at the beach. A boy behind her points at the rising sun.
The symbol of the Akabane-ren poetry club, a bridge within a fan,
is in top left corner of this print as well in a group of surimono by
Hokkei of different subject. According to Matthi Forrer it is difficult
to establish if they are an untitled series of surimono or constitute
individual prints published for different years.
Woodblock colour print with metallic pigments details
Shikishiban surimono, 21x18,7 cm
Signed: Hokkei
Poems by Seisendō Makuranagare and Hinanoya Haruko
Privately published by the Akabane-ren circle of poets
c. 1827
Another impression is in the Rijksmuseum no. RP-P-1958-365,
illustrated in Forrer. Surimono in the Rijksmuseum, no. 338.
Another example is in the New York Public Library no. 114093.2.
Hokkei designed a very similar surimono, probably a few years earlier,
omitting the sun and the boy, see the National Museum, Oslo,
no. NG.K&H.A.17716.
Illustrated in our catalogue Surimono. Hokusai-Shinsai-Hokkei-Gakutei,
September 2024, no. 33.
Fine impression, colour and condition
Status: Sold
Item: D 391