60. HOKKEI (1780-1850). The Courtesan Takao
TOTOYA HOKKEI (1780-1850)
A portrait of a courtesan named Takao, probably Takao II from
Yoshiwara in Edo.
Like the other two portraits in the series she is portrayed barefoot
and wearing an elaborate dress and hairstyle from the middle of
18th century.
Woodblock colour print with metallic pigments details
Shikishiban surimono, 21x18 cm
Signed: Hokkei
Poem by Shun’yūtei Umeaki
Title: Takao
From the series as last Series of Three Prints of Courtesans (Yūkun
samban tsuzuki), a set of three surimono possibly forming a triptych.
This print would be the right panel.
Privately published
c. 1830
Other impressions are illustrated in Mirviss. The Frank Lloyd Wright
Collection, no. 134 and in Carpenter. Reading Surimono, no. 119,
(with different poem by Kakyoen Umekado).
Another example is in the New York Public Library no. 114093.3.
lllustrated in our catalogue Surimono. Hokusai-Shinsai-Hokkei-Gakutei,
September 2024, no. 60.
Very good impression and colour, faint vertical fold otherwise very good condition
Price: Euro 3200
Status: Available
Item: D 354
A portrait of a courtesan named Takao, probably Takao II from
Yoshiwara in Edo.
Like the other two portraits in the series she is portrayed barefoot
and wearing an elaborate dress and hairstyle from the middle of
18th century.
Woodblock colour print with metallic pigments details
Shikishiban surimono, 21x18 cm
Signed: Hokkei
Poem by Shun’yūtei Umeaki
Title: Takao
From the series as last Series of Three Prints of Courtesans (Yūkun
samban tsuzuki), a set of three surimono possibly forming a triptych.
This print would be the right panel.
Privately published
c. 1830
Other impressions are illustrated in Mirviss. The Frank Lloyd Wright
Collection, no. 134 and in Carpenter. Reading Surimono, no. 119,
(with different poem by Kakyoen Umekado).
Another example is in the New York Public Library no. 114093.3.
lllustrated in our catalogue Surimono. Hokusai-Shinsai-Hokkei-Gakutei,
September 2024, no. 60.
Very good impression and colour, faint vertical fold otherwise very good condition
Price: Euro 3200
Status: Available
Item: D 354