9. HOKKEI (1780-1850) Actor as Soga no Goro

TOTOYA HOKKEI  (1780-1850)

A kabuki actor in the role of Soga no Goro spurring his horse with a
white radish used as a whip.

Woodblock color print with metallic pigments details
Kokonotsugiriban surimono, 14x17,9 cm
Signed: Ōju Hokkei ga
Poems by Ise Hamabito, Yamaga Shibagaki and Shinratei Manzō
From an untitled series of prints with proverbs relating to the horse.
Here the proverb is: ‘Give a running horse a beating with a whip’ (Hashiri
uma ni muchi) or in English: ‘Add fuel to the fire’.
Privately published by the Manji-ren circle of poets
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. 9.

Very good impression and color, three tiny pin-holes, very good condition

Price: Euro 900

Status: Available




Item: D 499