58. HOKKEI (1780-1850). Pouch and iris. (Sold)
TOTOYA HOKKEI. (1780-1850)
Pouch and iris blossoms. The pouch, probably used for keeping
writing paper, has a metal clasp in the shape of an hourglass,
resembling the number five (go) emblem of the Go-gawa poetry
group. The lozenge pattern on the pouch and the iris flowers allude
to a scene from the Ise Monogatari (Tales of Ise) set at Yatsuhashi
(Eight Bridges), where a passage of wooden planks on the marsh was
surrounded by blooming irises.
Woodblock colour print with metallic pigments details
Shikishiban surimono, 20,8x19,4 cm
Signed Hokkei
Poem by Ise no Hamaogi
Title: The Irises of Yatsuhashi in Mikaka (Mikawa yatsuhashi
kakitsubata)
From the series Famous Products of the Various Provinces (Shokoku
meibutsu)
Privately published by the Go-gawa group of poets
c. 1815
The impression from the Schoff Collection is illustrated and the
poem translated in Mirviss and Carpenter. Jewels of Japanese
Printmaking, no. 32 and in McKee. Japanese Poetry Prints, no. 22.
Other examples are in the New York Public Library no. 114093.2
and The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, no. 11.19820.
lllustrated in our catalogue Surimono. Hokusai-Shinsai-Hokkei-Gakutei,
September 2024, no. 58.
Fine impression, fresh colour, some light thinning on the back of top margin
otherwise very good condition
Status: Sold
Item: D 358
Pouch and iris blossoms. The pouch, probably used for keeping
writing paper, has a metal clasp in the shape of an hourglass,
resembling the number five (go) emblem of the Go-gawa poetry
group. The lozenge pattern on the pouch and the iris flowers allude
to a scene from the Ise Monogatari (Tales of Ise) set at Yatsuhashi
(Eight Bridges), where a passage of wooden planks on the marsh was
surrounded by blooming irises.
Woodblock colour print with metallic pigments details
Shikishiban surimono, 20,8x19,4 cm
Signed Hokkei
Poem by Ise no Hamaogi
Title: The Irises of Yatsuhashi in Mikaka (Mikawa yatsuhashi
kakitsubata)
From the series Famous Products of the Various Provinces (Shokoku
meibutsu)
Privately published by the Go-gawa group of poets
c. 1815
The impression from the Schoff Collection is illustrated and the
poem translated in Mirviss and Carpenter. Jewels of Japanese
Printmaking, no. 32 and in McKee. Japanese Poetry Prints, no. 22.
Other examples are in the New York Public Library no. 114093.2
and The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, no. 11.19820.
lllustrated in our catalogue Surimono. Hokusai-Shinsai-Hokkei-Gakutei,
September 2024, no. 58.
Fine impression, fresh colour, some light thinning on the back of top margin
otherwise very good condition
Status: Sold
Item: D 358